Re: [Usability] The use of ellipsis (...) in menus

From: Ross Burton <ross burtonini com>
To: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>
Cc: usability gnome org, Sergej Kotliar <sigge hystrix se>
Subject: Re: [Usability] The use of ellipsis (...) in menus
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:50:00 +0000

On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 13:28 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> > * The use of three dots to indicate a dialog opening seems rather
> > oldfashioned - can't we have something better now?
>
> That's probably your worst reason. Old is not a synonym for bad.

It's also semantically correct (in English at least), as the ...
indicates a continuation.  "Save As..." means you have to do more than
just select the menu item, "Save" doesn't.

Ross
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References:
- [Usability] The use of ellipsis (...) in menus
  - From: Sergej Kotliar
- Re: [Usability] The use of ellipsis (...) in menus
  - From: Matthew Paul Thomas

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