[Kmymoney-devel] Text on the 'Finish' button of the reconciliation wizard

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi all,

on Sunday 25 July 2010 14:24:45 David Houlden wrote:


> On Sunday 25 July 2010 Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > while reading the changes Jack has made to the description of the
> > reconciliation process, I got reminded of a discussion we had in the past
> > about the text 'Finish' on the finish button of the reconciliation wizard
> > (ending balance dialog).
> >
> > This word seems to be confusing, as we just start the reconciliation
> > process and don't finish it. On top, once you press 'Finish' you see the
> > another 'Finish' button underneath the ledger that actually is used to
> > finish the reconciliation (lots of finishes here - are we done yet?).
> >
> > I therefore propose to change the finish button that ends the
> > reconciliation wizard to be labeled 'Start', as pressing it starts the
> > reconciliation process.
> >
> > Any comments on this last minute change are very welcome. I have the
> > change ready in my sandbox and if I don't hear back until 18:00 UTC
> > today, I'll add it to SVN. (Sorry in case we need to update the screen
> > shots again).
> 
> In my opinion, when a user clicks the reconcile toolbar button that is the
> start of the (two stage) process so labelling it "Start" could be confusing
> I think.
> I suggest "Continue" or just "OK".

In that case, I would use 'Continue' because it clearly states that the 
operation is not finished yet. OK could also lead the user into the "I am 
done" mode of thinking.

-- 

Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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