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Subject:RE: Need help with a term From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 May 2000 12:17:26 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Boyington [mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Need help with a term
>
> > What would you label the second button? It's not "Clear" because the
> > form reverts to the original data. It's not "Undo" because once the
> > changes are sent to the database, that's it. Any ideas?
>
> Cancel
> Cancel changes
> Revert to saved
> Do you suppose you can get away with a "never mind" button? ;-)
>
> BTW, you didn't ask, but I would label the first button
> "submit" instead of
> "update."
>
No! No! Not the "Submit" button! I shall never submit!
In other words, banish the "Submit" button forever. May it burn in bad GUI
hell forever.
Don't believe me? Ask Alan Cooper.
--
"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled carpenters
don't get insulted when told they are not architects, but highly skilled
programmers do get insulted when they are told they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
by Jeff Johnson
Chuck Martin, Sr. Technical Writer
cmartin -at- serena -dot- com
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