RE: property dialogs

[Paul Hepworth <phepworth s-vision com>]

> Note: Cancel really means "undo and close" -- If we wanted to have "apply"
> "apply & close" "undo" "undo & close"...  However, I think I am starting
> to
> see why netscape uses "Ok" "Apply" "Cancel" -- screen space.  Having three
> words on a button is going to demand a lot of unnecessary room.  I think
> Cancel is pretty straightforward (Has anyone had users who were surprised
> by
> its behavior?)  Can anyone think of a word that means "apply and close" ?
> 
Actually, "Cancel" under windoze means simply "close"  NOT "undo and close."
Therein lies the confusion.  As to screen space concerns, "Close" is shorter
than "Cancel" not to mention that it correctly describes the behavior.


Paul