On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 11:21 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > It's a shame that in 2008, we're still limited to 1980s > menus and very short labels. I've attached a very bad > mockup of how descriptions could be right there in the > menu where users can see them without hovering for the > tooltip.
We're not "limited" to them in any technical sense, of course, but there's obviously a danger of text overload if not designed very carefully. (And it does means bigger menus, which could impact large print users quite heavily.) I certainly wouldn't disagree that a more modern look and feel for all sorts of things should be high on the agenda for the next major version of the HIG and/or GNOME, though. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
