Re: Background Capplet UI

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 14:22 +0100, Kjartan Maraas wrote:
> fre, 10,.02.2006 kl. 09.23 +0100, skrev Vincent Untz:
> > Le jeudi 09 février 2006 à 23:18 -0500, Rodney Dawes a écrit :
> > > Also, rather than using the "Close" button, I have changed it to use
> > > the text "Finish" with the stock apply icon, based on the user testing
> > > that suggests instant apply with "Close" is confusing to target users.
> > 
> > Aren't we using "Close" everywhere else in the desktop? Wouldn't it make
> > more sense to wait for a switch to "Finish" in the whole desktop in this
> > case?

Had I not gone ahead and made the capplet be explicit apply to conform
with the HIG recommendations, I would have gone ahead and done this
anyway. No, I don't think we should wait. If we wait, then it will never
get done, and our users have expressed issues with "Close" in testing,
specifically with the background capplet.

> Furthermore, doesn't the background change "instantly" regardless of
> what the button says?

It doesn't matter if it changes instantly or not. The users expressed
that they don't /FEEL/ that it will stick, when they press "Close". And
even if it does change instantly, the user may not notice it, if their
desktop is mostly or totally covered by windows, because they can't see
it happening.

-- dobey