Re: property dialogs

[Toshio Kuratomi <badger prtr-13 ucsc edu>]

On Tue, 17 Mar, 1998 at 12:51:22PM -0500, Robert J. Slover set free these words:
> My preference would be for the button to simply be labeled 'Apply'.  If
> I navigate to a second tab before Applying changes, I would get a dialog
> along the lines of :
> 
>   ============================================
>   |             Apply Changes?               |
>   ============================================
>   | Do you wish to apply changes to X before |
>   | going to Y?                              |
>   |  _________    _____________    ________  |
>   | {  Apply  }  { Don't Apply }  { Cancel } |
>   |  ---------    -------------    --------  |
>   ============================================                 
> 
> This is simple and not a suprise.  You won't leave the user with any
> route to becoming confused.  I think this is also fairly standard.  I
> know FrameMaker (v3.0 at least) does this in the paragraph designer.
> 
> The less button clutter, the better.
> 
However, this leads to a lot more dialogs/confirmations.  That's no less messy
than "button clutter" IMHO, and requires a lot more interaction from a user.

(Imagine how you recustomize netscape whenever a new version comes out and ask
if you really want to hit Apply that often...)
-Toshio
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