Re: roadmap discussion

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Jens Knutson wrote:

> Thus we have the HIG recommendations for dialogs.  The dialog could say:
>
> =======================================================
>
> <big bold type> Block Popups? </big bold type>
>
> <normal type> E just detected a popup window window.
> Would you like to block future popups? </normal type>
>
> 	[Cancel] [Don't block popups] [Block popups]
> =======================================================

I don't think the HIG recommends dialogs where it's unclear what the 
difference is between two options (Cancel and Don't block). :)

IIRC, 'Cancel' should only be used on user initiated actions.

> or something along these lines, perhaps?

How is this going to solve the problem of the user just clicking it 
away? What would be the default button, by the way?

I'm thinking more along the lines of a notification bubble thingy, 
if/when it can be done.

regards,

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