On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:37:49 +0200, François Revol wrote:
> I didn't check the Haiku guidelines but IIRC we deal with that somewhere...
> actually here it is:
> http://api.haiku-os.org/HIG/ch06s02.html
>
> "ellipsis is a series of 3 dots (...) used to tell the user that a
> control, often a menu item or button, will open a window."
Here's the AmigaOS one for reference:
http://wiki.amigaos.net/index.php/UI_Style_Guide_Menus#Ellipsis
However that's still using the old wording which is deemed to be
incorrect (the screenshot is wrong too!)
Telling the user the option will open a menu or requester is
meaningless, as you would get things like "New window..." (it's
obvious it opens a new window). Whereas notifying that the option
isn't going to complete immediately is more helpful:
"Open URL" opens the URL showing in the URL bar
"Open URL..." opens a requester which asks which URL you want to open
Extrapolating further:
"Open URL in new window" opens the URL showing in the URL bar in a new
window
"Open URL in new window..." opens a requester which asks which URL you
want to open, and then opens it in a new window
A bit contrived but there is a clear difference between the last two,
which would be lost of the ellipsis just meant a window was going to
open.
Chris
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