On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Kalle Vahlman wrote: > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:25:51 +0200 > From: Kalle Vahlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Usability] gedit's Save A Copy > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:01:09 +0100, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 17:11 -0800, Kirk Bridger wrote: > > > Save A Copy == Save A Copy As A New File > > > > Making a new file usually leaves you editing that new file. > > > > Save As A New File And Continue In The Old File > > > > is more appropriate, which is why I think it's confusing. > > Since the concept of saving seems to be one that becomes confusing > here, perhaps it should be left out?
I really do not think this should be changed and should be left as "Save a Copy". The HIG mentiones "Save a Copy" and there is concensus on how it is supposed to work. The Gedit version of "Save a Copy" works how we expect it to work. Chaning the label to something else increases inconsisantency and potential confusion for no significant benefit but bad for the Gnome Desktop as a whole. I would reiterate my previous calls for more stock items [1], as they provide a way to centralise these standard widgets. If people later decide that a different label would somehow be better they only need to be changed in one place (and we can avoid ugliness like the Save Confirmation Dialog in future). Sincerely Alan Horkan [1] More GTK stock items http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityTeam_2fStockItems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
