cheers Jose, I will look into it and submit all necessary fix next week. cheers Fabrizio
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:05 PM, José Ignacio <jose.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > The use of "..." for menu items that show a dialog with extra options > necessary to perform the operation has been in Microsoft's UX guidelines > and apple's HIG since time immemorial: > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn742392.aspx#usingellipses > > https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/ > UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/TerminologyWording.html#// > apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH15-SW3 > > https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/writing-style.html.en#ellipses > > It is a very well known and traditional convention and Kicad shouldn't > break it. As the guidelines say, the ellipsis (...) is reserved for > commands that need further input from the user to proceed, showing a modal > dialog shouldn't be enough to warrant adding the ellipsis (though I've seen > several programs be ellipsis-happy and put it on everything that calls a > dialog...) > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero < > fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi JP, >> >> thanks a lot!! >> >> I am a little unsure about this "Save as..." three dots thing used every >> time the menu item takes you to a second window. but I will investigate >> about UI stuff a little. >> >> cheers >> Fabrizio >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:44 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> >> wrote: >> >>> Le 30/05/2017 à 14:54, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit : >>> > Hello Wayne, >>> > In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a >>> global >>> > simplification of approx 30 icons. >>> > I have also corrected some menu labels. >>> > >>> > Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to >>> > English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting >>> it. A >>> > not so fun work but I think it will make kicad a much better tool. >>> > >>> > I think it would be recommendable to avoid "a" and "the" in button and >>> menu >>> > tooltips. So that it way easier to understand what the button or >>> tooltip is >>> > about. The use of singular plural is also inconsistent and I tried to >>> fix >>> > it. Please Wayne feel free to make any changes you think is important. >>> > >>> > I have also notices that several menus are a little inconstant. I will >>> try >>> > work on it since I think the current kicad UI is very usable but it >>> needs >>> > to be more consistent. >>> > >>> > I have tried to fixed a lot of icons so that their meaning is more >>> > immediate to understand. I have as well started a process of >>> simplification >>> > of many redundant icons. I think it is important that we begin >>> simplifing >>> > the kicad icon set because at the moment is really too large. >>> > >>> > Here below a detailed description of the changes. >>> > >>> > Cheers >>> > Fabrizio >>> >>> >>> Hi Fabrizio, >>> >>> I committed your icons. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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