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Bug 657002 - Incorrect use of button labels in Network panel
Incorrect use of button labels in Network panel
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Network
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-08-21 11:29 UTC by Hylke Bons
Modified: 2011-08-26 17:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Hylke Bons 2011-08-21 11:29:26 UTC 
When configuring any network connection in the Network Panel, there's a button called "Options...". This doesn't make much sense as a label. Buttons should either represent an action or a place. The use of ellipsis is inconsistent with the rest of the OS as well. There are a few occasions throughout the networking UI where this is not used right.

Some suggestions:

"Options..." -> "Settings" or "Configure..."
"Options" is not widely used, and does not require input

"Save..." -> "Save"
No further user input is needed.

"Routes..." -> "Routes" or "Edit Routes..."

"OK" -> "Save"
OK is lame.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2011-08-26 17:47:25 UTC 
The rest of the buttons you mention are actually in nm-connection-editor, and it's planned to remove the need to use it. See bug 645003.

commit 99de2e35488b095b776a793441a67735e3c92dec
Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Date:   Fri Aug 26 18:44:37 2011 +0100

    network: Rename "Options..." to "Configure..."
    
    As "Options..." isn't an action, and is thus not a good button
    label.
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657002