On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, demerphq wrote: > On 03/01/2008, Jarkko Hietaniemi <j...@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2008 7:01 AM, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote: > > > demerphq writes: > > > > > > > On 03/01/2008, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > "Click Finish to continue starting Firefox." > > > > > > > > > > I'm not entirely sure how I'd've phrased that, but surely, _surely_, > > > > > when you want to indicate starting something there must be a better > > > > > verb > > > > > to use than 'finish'? > > > > > > > > "Click finish to complete the update process and start Firefox." > > > > > > That's better, but I'm still not convinced that 'Finish' is the best > > > label for the button. > > > > > > I've already told the computer to start Firefox; it then interupted that > > > to do something updatey of its own accord, so even the concept of > > > finishing something isn't really in my mind. And that's the only > > > enabled button on the window anyway -- it isn't like I have a choice > > > here over whether it should finish or do something else! > > > > > > Smylers > > > > "Click [Restart Firefox] to complete the update process"? > > > > But agreed, if there's only one choice, why bother showing it? > > So you feel all warm and fuzzy because you were involved in the upgrade.
We can't have these things happening without *some* kind of user intervention in the process, can we? People always seem to howl about silent self-update systems, but *ahem* this solves that problem, eh? In any case, surely "Proceed" or "Continue" would be better verbs than "Finish", hence "Click [continue] to begin using the new version of Firefox." -- Chris Devers DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
