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

Re: [Usability] Query Drag - right instead of middle Click

2008-07-28 Thread Calum Benson
On 25 Jul 2008, at 16:25, Andy Owen wrote: Is there a Windows or OSX equivalent? Can anyone test to see what they do? (I'll try to remember to test on my Windows machine at work on Monday). Windows does query-drag on the right button, but (as one of the comments in the bug report alludes to

Re: [Usability] Query Drag - right instead of middle Click

2008-07-28 Thread Andy Owen
> Windows does query-drag on the right button, but (as one of the > comments in the bug report alludes to) they do this by waiting for the > mouse-up event to decide whether a query-drag has happened or (if not) > the context menu should be shown. I've never found this a major > distracti

Re: [Usability] Query Drag - right instead of middle Click

2008-07-28 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 22:20 +1000, Andy Owen wrote: [...] > So it doesn't distract me either, but there is also an alternative > method of using the context menu where you hold down the right mouse > button and release to select the item (so it is a single right click > drag). I've done that in mos

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