On 02/04/12 08:51 +0200, Bertrand Chenal wrote: > > Le Sun, 1 Apr 2012 16:30:36 +0200, > Cédric Krier <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > On 01/04/12 15:53 +0200, Albert Cervera i Areny wrote: > > > > At the same time, I think we should remove all exclamation marks > > > from exception messages, those are not good from a usability POV. > > > We should not scare or shout at users but simply tell them what is > > > wrong with the data they provided. > > > > An error is an error, for me they deserve an exclamation mark. > > > > I agree with Albert, the exclamation mark gives a bad feeling to the > user. A unexpected pop-up is already enough frustrating, no need to > punish the user a second time :).
I looked at both the "Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines" [1] and "GNOME Human Interface Guidelines" [2]. It seems that it is even better to have no terminating period for the title (except for questions). [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Windows/Windows.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000961-TP9 [2] http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/stable/windows-alert.html.en -- Cédric Krier B2CK SPRL Rue de Rotterdam, 4 4000 Liège Belgium Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Email/Jabber: [email protected] Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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