Change label to checkboxes in menus

FiNeX finex at finex.org
Fri Jun 13 09:44:54 BST 2008


Peter Penz wrote:
> but never (C):
> [ ] Show Something
> [x] Hide Something
>
> I think A should be preferred to B if the opposite of the text ("Show
> Something") is clear without any doubt. B might make sense for things like:
> [x] Open each folder in the same window (what's the opposite action?)
>
> Maybe Ellen (see CC) could make an official response before a long
> discussions is ongoing :-) I'd add the outcome of this to
> http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items to
> have an official guideline.

David Faure wrote:
> Yes. Otherwise we're back to "how do I shutdown Windows? ah yes, by
> clicking on Start". It's the same thought that made us think "how do I hide
> this toolbar? by clicking on 'Show toolbar'? nonsense :)".


Wonderful, so, you both agree with me and with Scott Wheeler. At this point 
I'll wait confirmation from Ellen :-)


Regards


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