[Xfce-i18n] Thunar translations

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Sat Mar 4 15:37:42 CET 2006


timystery at arcor.de wrote:
>> Don't remove the "..." (esp. don't remove them from some of the menu
>> items, while leaving them in place for others) as they are used to
>> indicate that the menu item will open a new window/dialog.
> 
> well, i already understood that, but i pretty much doubt that this 
> information is interpreted by users and thus, from a usability point
 > of view, i disagree on the use of them in general, but it's your work
> and you decide how you would like to have it appear.

I think you are wrong here, the use of "..." to indicate that a menu 
item will popup another window/dialog is of widespread use across all 
kinds of graphical users interfaces (Windows, Mac, etc.) and users are 
well used to it.

Cheers,
Olivier.




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