Re: property dialogs

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

On Fri, 20 Mar, 1998 at 04:38:09PM -0700, Paul Hepworth set free these words:
> > 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.
> 
I don't believe it!  Well, okay, I believe that that broken OS will do
anything wrong -- But "Cancel" shouldn't do a close, it should do "undo+close"
just like netscape *grin* .

In any case, it makes no sense to have "apply" "apply+close" and "close"
-- that leaves us with no way to cancel the actions that we would have taken.
We really want "apply" "apply+close" "cancel" functionality.

-Toshio
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