- From: Matthew Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:19:47 +1300
On 10 Nov, 2004, at 5:37 PM, Matthew Raymond wrote: > > Matthew Thomas wrote: > ... >> Actually, buttons with rounded ends and buttons with rectangular ends >> have had the semantic meanings I described above since Mac OS 8.0 >> (albeit that those meanings were not explicitly stated in the HIGs). >> ... >> It is true that the semantics are currently happening by accident, >> and they can be flouted if authors try hard enough, but they do >> exist. They may not be worth keeping; conversely, they may be worth >> specializing even further. (For example, Mac OS X introduces >> completely circular buttons, primarily used for controlling playback >> of a media track.) > > Are any of the differences you described actually in the HTML 4.01 > specification? No, which is why I said "the semantics are currently happening by accident". > ... > With regard to buttons with rounded and square corners, could you > please explain the differences in how they're used, because from a > purely graphical standpoint, they seem well into CSS territory. I don't think I can explain their meanings any better than I already did, but here are some examples of each. Rounded: "OK", "Cancel", "Save", "Don't Save", "Choose File...", "Advanced...", "Insert Addresses...", "I'm Feeling Lucky". Rectangular: "Play", "Pause", "Stop", "Move Up", "Move Down", "+", "-". -- Matthew Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/
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