John Levon wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:15:05PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > Ah. So 'Save as...' and 'Save under a different name' would be ok even > > if the pop up the same dialog? This was not clear to me. > > No, Garst is mistaken. Whilst the use of the ellipsis may have had its > roots in such a thing, it does not apply in the same manner. > Hmm, I would have thought that good GUI would obey accepted language usage (e.g. The Chicago Manual of Style), wherein the ellipsis would mean either: I can't complete this sentence without your help. or: I'm leaving stuff unsaid here for the sake of brevity.
f.ex. in File->Export->Custom... I would put the ellipsis at the end of the heading above the popup Send document to command... instead of after Custom . I really don't see the point of ...'s after Layout->Document... etc. Garst
