Re: GnomePropertyBox

[Bob Smith <bob thestuff net>]

Pong seems to work pritty well.

On 29 Jun 2001 09:35:18 -0700, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On 29Jun2001 11:41AM (-0400), Iain wrote:
> > 
> > > I think a nice way to do things is to apply changes instantly as you
> > > manipulate the controls, and provide a way to undo changes (either
> > > undo one at a time, or revert them all). So the two buttons I'd
> > > suggets are "Revert" or "Undo" and "OK" or "Close".
> > > 
> > > Changes that apply instantly are definitely the best for tweaking
> > > things and trying out different preferences.
> > 
> > I like this way as well, but it's a lot harder to program, and so many
> > people will end up doing their own property dialogs just so they can
> > avoid having to do the instant changes, and that sucks more.
> 
> Actually, with GConf or bonobo-config, it's _easier_ to program
> instant-apply settings than to delay applying them until the dialog is
> closed. All you do is change the setting when the widget is
> manipulated, and your application's callbacks to handle setting
> changes that are registered with bonobo-config or GConf will get
> called automatically.
> 
> But right now I don't think we have good tools to build instant-apply
> preference/settings dialogs, which means everyone must write their
> own. I think we should provide a good way of doing the nicer
> instant-apply style of preference dialog, and perhaps leave in some
> deprecated code for doing the old style.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Maciej
> 
> 
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