Re: consistency (or lack thereof)

[Sven Herzberg <herzi gnome-de org>]

On Fr, 2006-07-21 at 13:42 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> Most of the control-center capplets are immediate-apply
> (except for ones which have very good reason not to be),
> and all of then have a "Close" button. All ? No, not all.
> The background capplet considers it better to have 
> a "Finish" button instead...
> 
> I have asked to fix this, but I have been told that
> user testing showed that "Close" is wrong there...
> 
> So, what now ? Do we suddenly change all our close buttons
> to finish buttons ? Or do we embrace inconsistency in the 
> name of user testing ?

We have had an argument about this in #gnome-de some time in the past,
I'll repeat my opinion here.

Well, the HIG say "Close" IIRC, so, I think everything should be the way
the HIG say. The question "Finish" vs. "Close" should not be a
control-center specific question but a HIG-specific question on the
usability list.

Regards,
  Sven