Re: any easy way of having a YES/NO dialog return a 1 or 0?

[David NeÄas <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 04:12:51PM +0900, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> Even in english, these boolean YES/NO questions can seem ambiguous,

If you use wordy and convoluted questions such as

>   "Are you sure you want to quit without saving"

then nothing can help the poor users.  Of course, they are also
susceptible to mistranslation.  The fix is brevity and clarity, not
banning Yes and No.  The question

    Does 2+2 equal 5?

is not improved by buttons labels âIt is fiveâ and âIt is some other
numberâ.

Hence

>    "Are you sure you want to quit without saving ?"
>
> Should typically have the answers: "Save" "Quit"

is nonsense.  This question should not occur in a sensible GUI no matter
what answers are offered.

Yeti