Rice said she was “deeply saddened by the terrible loss of innocent life” in Israel’s attack. But she did not call for an immediate cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militias.
ABC News: 34 Youths Among 56 Dead in Israeli Strike
More time!
Button names should correspond to the action the user performs when pressing the button—for example, Erase, Save, or Delete.
Apple Human Interface Guidelines: The Elements of an Alert
This guideline was first widely flouted by iTunes:
“Ignore” and “Download Upgrade”
“Keep Existing Link” and “Change Link”
“Ignore” and “Download Upgrade”
“Cancel” and “Locate File…”
“Edit Rules…” and “Save Playlist”. Also, the Smart [...]
A useful Finder tip from Apple’s site:
While this screenshot is clearly of the wrong dialog, the actual dialog is only labeled halfway correctly:
Which to believe… The dialog title or the text beneath it…
Because multiple file operation dialogs are combined into one, the dialog would have to be titled “Move & Copy” or something similar when [...]
From the customization page for the iMac and MacBook Pro:
Both Apple and customers lose:
Apple hinders the purchasing of their software.
Customers wanting multiple packages have to complete multiple ordering and installation processes.
Unlike the similar menu in the Finder, Mail’s “Open With” menu does not display the version number if multiple copies of an application are available:
Icons would also be nice for additional consistency with the Finder, but the version number is more important.
Radar Bug #4631953
A screenshot for your amusement:
Name a new document window “untitled”; leaving it lowercase makes it more obvious that the window doesn’t have a name and encourages people to save the document.
Apple HIG: Naming New Windows
If the user dismisses all untitled windows by saving or closing them, then the next new document should start over as [...]
I’ve been using a PowerBook with (and without) an external display lately, an experience that has brought to my attention that how windows are sized and positioned when moving between display setups could be better.
Window heights, widths, and positions should be stored as relative values (i.e., “Window 1 is 75% of available height, 50% of [...]
The layout of TextEdit’s Preferences window is somewhat erratic and the labels are left-aligned. On the left, the Preferences window as of version 1.4, and on the right, my bigger, better layout.
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