Re: [HIG] Exit confirmation

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Tommi Komulainen wrote:

> Now, as I see it, the idea with the exit confirmation dialog is that the
> user has the last chance to avoid losing his work or data, which in this
> case means his best game of tetris ever.  But if there is no data to be
> lost, is there any reason to ask for confirmation?  If not, should the
> guidelines recommend against such confirmations?

Yes, I think that would be a good guideline to include.  It would be
helpful if you could file a bug against the HIG so we don't forget it.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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