Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-23 Thread Adrian Crum
Screens that have dual purposes should update their titles accordingly. -Adrian On 12/22/2010 11:15 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: Yes, but as BJ outlined beware of cases where the same screen is used to create and edit! Jacques From: Adrian Crum adri...@hlmksw.com I like Create New - it

Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-23 Thread BJ Freeman
don't mean to hijack the thread but on the Create new pages would like to see the pattern used in webtools to provide all the related Create New related to the one being created. So something is created all the links to what else needs to be created is shown. = BJ

Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-22 Thread Adrian Crum
The OFBiz UI is very inconsistent in the terminology for creating something new - for example creating a new order, a new fixed asset, a new party, etc. Some screens are titled New [Artifact], others are titled Create [Artifact], and lately Edit [Artifact]. Can we agree on one term and add it

Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-22 Thread Bruno Busco
...and even Create New [Artifact] !!! :-) My proposal is to use New [Artifact] everywhere. I faced the same issue with the create buttons. I changed many of them using the New [Artifact] pattern. This is why now I suggest to use the same for the title. Thank you, Bruno 2010/12/22 Adrian Crum

Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-22 Thread BJ Freeman
from a UI point of view, New. from a programing point of view Create. I think how Edit got into it was,it assumes that there is already data, so on the edit page is a New link. Adrian Crum sent the following on 12/22/2010 11:03 AM: = BJ Freeman Strategic Power Office

Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-22 Thread Adrian Crum
I like Create New - it removes all ambiguity. -Adrian On 12/22/2010 12:48 PM, Bruno Busco wrote: ...and even Create New [Artifact] !!! :-) My proposal is to use New [Artifact] everywhere. I faced the same issue with the create buttons. I changed many of them using the New [Artifact] pattern.

Re: Create/New Terminology Best Practice

2010-12-22 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Yes, but as BJ outlined beware of cases where the same screen is used to create and edit! Jacques From: Adrian Crum adri...@hlmksw.com I like Create New - it removes all ambiguity. -Adrian On 12/22/2010 12:48 PM, Bruno Busco wrote: ...and even Create New [Artifact] !!! :-) My proposal is