2009/2/9 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
> Hugh Gibson wrote:
>> I agree that it's difficult to come up with good succinct descriptions. I
>> spent a lot of time trying to think of something. But we all have 30 inch
>> monitors these days...
>>
>>>> In addition, the message box displayed when the last two items are
>>>> selected could include an extra line saying "To return to the
>>>> latest revision, use "Revert".".
>>> You mean the progress dialog? I guess we could put something there,
>>> like we do when a branch is created using Branch/Tag.
>>
>> No, on selecting "Revert to this revision" or "Revert changes from this
>> revision" there's a message dialog which explains what is going to happen
>> with a cancel option. In that respect the menu items should probably have
>> a trailing "..." to indicate that a dialog will be opened - in this case,
>> an explanatory message box.
>>
>> On the same lines perhaps "Update item to revision" could have a message
>> box explaining the action as well (and trailing ellipsis).
>
> Nope. According to UI guidelines, the "..." should only be added if
> there is another step required before executing the command.
> Confirmation dialogs don't fall under that category.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/17/133181.aspx
And also it is not good UI to put in a confirmation box unless you are
about to do something really irrevocable in one step. Merging
something into a working copy doesn't really count as that. And once
you are familiar with the process, as everyone becomes once they start
using it, then confirmation dialogs are really annoying.
I would rather append a help entry to the context menu, so if you're
not sure what to do you can check it out in the help.
Simon
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