UX/Unified Button Labels in YaST

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Current Status (openSUSE 11.1/SLE 11)

a big mess

  • 10 different button combinations for overview dialogs
  • 5 different button combinations for wizard dialogs
  • 3 different button combinations for progress dialogs

Why is it bad?

  • Difficulties with translations
  • Inconsistencies are bad for usability
  • Make YaST look unprofessional

YaST button labels used in openSUSE 11.1/SLE 11

Ideas how to fix it

Ideas for unified button labels in YaST-PDF