Re: Background Capplet UI

[Elijah Newren <newren gmail com>]

On 2/10/06, Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas broadpark no> 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?
> >
> Furthermore, doesn't the background change "instantly" regardless of
> what the button says?

I'm not seeing what that has to do with this button wording, except
maybe to support Rodney's change.  I think what Rodney identified is
that users associate "cancel" with the word "close", which wasn't
intended (and, after Rodney pointed it out, I remember thinking the
same thing the first time I used it).  "finish" doesn't mean "finish
an update operation" (which users are unlikely to assume since they'll
see things change automatically multiple times as they use the dialog)
but rather "finish testing out different backgrounds" (i.e. dismiss
the dialog and keep the last one selected).