Re: What to use on GTK+3

[Igor Korot <ikorot01 gmail com>]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Thiago Bellini Ribeiro
<hackedbellini gmail com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 1:46 AM Daniel Kasak <d j kasak dk gmail com> wrote:
> > No no no. Everybody is wrong. What we need is:
> >
> > [ Actually, now that I come to think about it, this is not the action
> > I would like to take at this time. Thankyou all the same]
> > [ This is precisely the action that I require, and I thank you for the
> > explicit dialog and verbose text in the buttons; it really makes sure
> > I know what it about to happen, and possibly makes the rest of the
> > text of the dialog redundant, but hey, at least there is zero scope
> > for confusion]
>
>
> The whole point here is to _be redundant_. Why? For some reasons, but a
> major one is: Users don't read dialogs!

Why people think this? Was there a statistical analysis about it?
How many people do read them comparing to how many people don't?

Where can I see it? And who did it?

Thank you.

> By having verbose options instead of boolean answers, it is less likely that
> the user will choose the first option just because he thinks it is the one
> he needs.
>
> > Dan
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > However, in relation to Igor's original point, giving the user options
> > > > of
> > > > Yes/No is IMO fine if your dialog asks a short, simple question that
> > > > requires an answer of Yes or No. As in
> > > >
> > > > Overwrite <filename>? Yes/No
> > > > Send message? Yes/No
> > > > Really delete X? Yes/No
> > > >
> > > > One could rephrase these messages as something other than Yes/No
> > > > questions
> > > > but would that actually be clearer? I doubt it.
> > >
> > > I think you're wrong. Each one of these can be converted into a dialog
> > > of the following general form:
> > >
> > >       Need confirmation to carry out potentially significant action
> > >
> > >         [ Do not take this action ]    [ Take this action ]
> > >
> > >
> > > A specific case may help
> > >
> > >
> > >       Overwriting this file may cause data loss
> > >
> > >        [ Do not overwrite the file ]   [ Overwrite the file ]
> > >
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > >       Once your message is sent, you cannot delete it.
> > >
> > >        [ Do not send this message]  [ Send this message]
> > >
> > >
> > > Both these examples are clearer, because they explain what is at stake.
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