What's new?
This section highlights recent changes to the HIG that may affect your application.
The following changes were made in HIG v2.2.1:
- Mention in Section 3.5 ― Progress Windows that in-place progress indicators are preferred to modal progress dialogs windows.
- Replace guidance in Section 3.5 ― Progress Windows about progress windows having same title as their primary text, which lead to unnecessary redundancy. Advice is now that progress window title should summarize the overall operation.
The following sections were added in HIG v2.0:
- Section 2.2 ― GConf Keys
- Section 3.1.5 ― Showing and Hiding Windows
- Section 2.4 ― Using the Status Notification Area
- Section 3.5 ― Progress Windows
- Section 5.1.2 ― Media Player Toolbars
- Section 6.13 ― Scrollbars
- Section 6.14.1 ― Sortable Lists
- Section 6.15.1 ― Sortable Trees
- Section 6.16.1 ― Status Indicators
- Section 6.17 ― Progress Bars
- Section 9.4 ― Designing Accessible Icons
- Bibliography
New or revised guidelines were added to these sections in HIG v2.0:
- Section 1.2.2 ― Internationalization and Localization
- Chapter 2 ― Desktop Integration
- Section 3.2 ― Primary Windows
- Section 3.3 ― Utility Windows
- Section 3.4.6 ― Confirmation Alerts
- Section 3.7 ― Assistants
- Section 4.1 ― The Menubar
- Section 4.4.1 ― File
- Section 4.4.3 ― View
- Section 4.4.6 ― Bookmarks
- Section 4.4.7 ― Go
- Section 4.4.8 ― Windows
- Section 6.18 ― Statusbars
- Section 6.4 ― Text Entry Fields
- Section 6.19 ― Frames and Separators
- Section 7.5 ― Choosing Appropriate Feedback
- Section 7.6 ― Allowing Interruptions
- Section 8.3.2 ― Capitalization
- Section 10.1.1 ― Buttons
- Section 10.1.2 ― Selecting Objects
- Section 10.1.3 ― Drag and Drop
- Section 10.2.2 ― Choosing Access Keys
- Section 10.2.3 ― Choosing Shortcut Keys
- Section 10.2.4 ― Standard Application Shortcut Keys
The following terminology changes were introduced in HIG v2.0:
- "Option menus" are now called "Drop-down lists"
- "Combo boxes" are now called "Drop-down combination boxes"