Re: UI Query

[Bill Wohler <wohler@xxxxxxxx>]

Bek Oberin <gossamer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The "dismiss" buttons I find confusing, they might mean "cancel"
> and they might mean "OK" and it's not clear.

  Agree 100%. Fortunately, there is assistance for our esteemed
  developers.

  Our friends at Sun have recently come out with the Java Look and
  Feel Design Guidelines
  <http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/dg/index.htm>. There are some
  pretty good ideas there, and it has been well thought out and
  generally compatible with existing software. Most of the stuff in
  there is sufficiently general enough to apply here (and everywhere!)
  I encourage all GUI designers to familiarize themselves with this
  document as long as we're stuck with WIMP interfaces.

  Also, are there design guidelines for Gnome? That would be another
  possible direction.

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