Re: UI Guidelines: Dialogs

[colin z robertson <c z robertson ndirect co uk>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 07:15:16PM +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> colin z robertson wrote:
> 
> > hmm. The druid widget in Glade uses "Back" and "Next". Gimp's tip of
> > the day uses "Previous Tip" and "Next Tip". Gnome's startup hint uses
> > "Prev" and "Next"... Glade also has some stock buttons, including
> > "Prev" and "Next".
> > 
> > Any preferences?
> 
> Well, I certainly don't like "Prev"; if they mean "Previous", the button
> should say "Previous".  Personally I prefer the simpler "Back" and
> "Next" for druids, but for the startup hints it really does need to be
> "Previous" and "Next", I suppose...

I'm not sure about "Back" and "Next". It just doesn't seem right to
me. I'm happier with "Previous" and "Next" or "Backward" and
"Forward". In fact "Back", "Backward" and "Backwards" are a very
strange set of words.

colin

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