To ellipse or not to ellipse

Subject: To ellipse or not to ellipse
From: Darla Kennington <kenningt -at- T-III -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 10:13:02 -0700

Hi,

We are having a large and ridiculous debate over putting an ellipse on
all the buttons in our software(such as print, save, etc.) with the
developers of the GUI. The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software
Design seems to indicate you should leave the ellipse off of the
buttons, but always use them in menus. I agree with this, but I can't
get it through anyone's head.

Does anyone out there have the answer? Please help...


Darla Kennington
GTE Enterprise Solutions
8999Nelson Way,
Burnaby, BC V5A 4B5
Tel: (604) 293-5744
Fax: (604) 293-6091
kenningt -at- t-iii -dot- com

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