Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!dirac!gibbs.physics.purdue.edu!sho From: sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Inappropriate dialog under 7.0... Message-ID: <5241@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 18:43:39 GMT References: <13360@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@dirac.physics.purdue.edu Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept, W.Lafayette, IN Lines: 24 The Macintosh thought police wannabe speaks: The system software *does* make a clear distinction between moving and copying. For example, the movable modal dialog that appears is either named move or named copy. Because of this, we should never use the word move when we mean "move or copy." If, by using the word move, we are referring to the physical action done by the user, we should use the word "drag." "Some items in this location have the same names as items you're dragging. Do you want to replace them with the ones you're dragging?" Since "dragging" is such a horrible word, I'd prefer to have the dialog use the words "moving" and "copying" as appropriate. It's not so such a big deal... It's just that making this one simple change would make the interface just a little better. And it's these little things which add up to give us the macintosh interface. -Sho -- sho@physics.purdue.edu <<-- Favorite example of inconsistent interface: IBM's Abort, Retry, or Ignore.