Re: [Usability] Re: RFE - API change from GtkMessageDialog to GtkAlert

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:55:33PM -0800, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
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> > 
> > Gregory Merchan <merchan baton phys lsu edu> writes:
> > 
> > > I realize that this is too late for the freeze.
> > > 
> > > I'd like to see a change from the GtkMessageDialog api to a GtkAlert api.
> > > There are three parts I see changing for this.
> > > 
> > > The name:
> > >  * GtkAlert is fewer letters and words so it requires less typing and
> > >    the egtk minor mode for emacs will work correctly without
> > >    modification.
> > >  * The name is more suggestive of proper use. The essential difference
> > >    between a dialog and an alert is that the user never requests an 
> > >    alert; an alert is an intrusion into the user's workflow.
> > > 
> > > The construction:
> > >  * Alerts may have a Cancel button, an equivalent of OK, and possibly an
> > >    alternative action button.
> > >    - Error notices and informative alerts would have just an OK button.
> 
> If there's only one button, better to call it "Close", since the user
> is not agreeing to anything (and does not have the option to
> disagree). There may be other, better names in some situations.

The response from the user is "OK, I'm done reading."