Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-08-07 Thread Shaun McCance
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 23:42 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Hi Calum (and everyone) > > I have written a revision of the "Check Boxes" section of the HIGs. > Patch attached. [...] > My patch is incomplete, because it is missing illustrations. It is also > rather noisy, because I have taken t

Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-08-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Kalle Vahlman wrote on 30/07/08 13:39: > > 2008/7/29 Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >... >> Kalle Vahlman wrote on 28/07/08 10:19: >... A checkbox should always have a label, and (except in the rare case of a grid of checkboxes) the label should always be to the r

Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-08-06 Thread Calum Benson
On 25 Jul 2008, at 23:42, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Hi Calum (and everyone) I have written a revision of the "Check Boxes" section of the HIGs. Patch attached. Will do my best to review this properly this week (didn't get a chance last week), but it does re-raise the question of what we s

Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-07-30 Thread Kalle Vahlman
2008/7/29 Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Kalle > > Thanks for your comments. > > Kalle Vahlman wrote on 28/07/08 10:19: >>... >>>== Text == >>> >>>A checkbox should always have a label, and (except in the rare >>>case of a grid of checkboxes) the label should always be to

Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-07-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Hi Kalle Thanks for your comments. Kalle Vahlman wrote on 28/07/08 10:19: >... >>== Text == >> >>A checkbox should always have a label, and (except in the rare >>case of a grid of checkboxes) the label should always be to the >>right of the checkbox itself. (In a multi-column list

Re: [Usability] RFC: Revision of HIGs "Check Boxes" section

2008-07-28 Thread Kalle Vahlman
2008/7/26 Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Calum (and everyone) Hi! Some comments below... [...] > So for the purpose of discussion on the mailing list, here's my proposed > revision in plain text. > >= Checkboxes = > >A checkbox is used to control something that can obvious