Any GUI (wannabe) experts here?

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:27 am

What do you think? Do you have any qualified references? The star means "edited since last save". If it is not changed since the last save then there shouldn't be a star anywhere.

PB · Post by PB » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:30 am

Program Name - Document Name (no star on edited) is what I see everywhere.

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:35 am

PB wrote:Program Name - Document Name (no star on edited) is what I see everywhere.

Except for:
Notepad (Document Name - Program Name (no star on edited))
Paint (Document Name - Program Name (no star on edited))
MS Word (Document Name - Program Name (no star on edited))
Opera >v5 (Document Name - Program Name (can't edit so no star))
Internet Explorer (Document Name - Program Name (can't edit so no star))
Firefox (Document Name - Program Name (can't edit so no star))

Post by **Fred** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:37 am

UltraEdit has a star so it's the way to go

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Kale · Post by **Kale** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:06 pm

Program Name - Document Name*

Same as EditPlus!

PB · Post by PB » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:12 pm

@Trond: Most of those are Microsoft apps, so you can't include them all, or
it's a biased selection. So, a fairer test would be one app per company. So
here's my list of some selected major and/or respected apps:

Program Name - Document Name (can't edit so no star)
DOSBox, VICE Emulator, Virtual PC, WinZip

Program Name - Document Name (no star on edited)
CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, VirtualDub

Document Name - Program Name (can't edit so no star)
Firefox, Internet Explorer, WinRAR

At first glance, there seems to be no real pattern, until you look closer at the
purpose and functionality of each application listed:

Emulators seem to use Program Name - Document Name (can't edit so no star).
Graphic and design apps seem to use Program Name - Document Name (no star on edited).
Information apps seem to use Document Name - Program Name (can't edit so no star).

Interestingly, the two archiving apps -- WinZip and WinRAR -- both don't
seem to fit into the pattern I found. Strange! Anyway, maybe this is the
sort of "rule" that you are looking for? Works for me!

Joakim Christiansen · Post by **Joakim Christiansen** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:25 pm

I think it's Program Name - Document Name* that is the "standard".
Go with it

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:35 pm

Joakim Christiansen wrote:I think it's Program Name - Document Name* that is the "standard".
Go with it

I agree with Joakim.

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:01 am

I personally like Program name :: Document name

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:37 am

I like it when the filename is first, because in taskbar you can't see what opened instance is for what file again when the programname goes first.

Post by **Dare2** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:51 am

I agree with DarkDragon.

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:09 am

I agree with Dare2.

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:45 pm

I agree with netmaestro.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:56 pm

make it an option!

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:01 pm

I agree with blueznl, but blueznl, edit your post and agree with Straker, we wanna see a big chain

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