On czwartek 19 grudzień 2002 01:33 pm, Garst R. Reese wrote: > John Levon wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:15:05PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > Ah. So 'Save as...' and 'Save under a different name' would be ok even > > > if the pop up the same dialog? This was not clear to me. > > > > No, Garst is mistaken. Whilst the use of the ellipsis may have had its > > roots in such a thing, it does not apply in the same manner. > > Hmm, I would have thought that good GUI would obey accepted language > usage > (e.g. The Chicago Manual of Style)
As a side note: The Chicago Manual of Style is in parts grossly outdated by todays' standards. Most of it still applies, and I think that the section about ellipsis is O.K. But there are many paragraphs and modes of reasoning in the manual that provoke nostalgia, but are otherwise useless (mostly stuff related to typesetting). I think that Donald Knuth had pointed out a few adorable examples of CMS inadequacies in his books (and probably more in social meetings ;-). Cheers, Kuba Ober
