On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 12:27:27PM -0400, Michael T. Babcock wrote: > On the note of file opening, reverting ... the file menu really does > depend on what gets decided for a standard OPEN dialog. If the > open dialog becomes something like MS' Office 2000 dialog > (I will have screenshots of it at > http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock/images/office2k-open/ > within the next 5 minutes or so for those who haven't seen > it), some of the File menu options become quite redundant. > If, OTOH, we go for complete simplicity in the open dialog, > we need more options on the File menu. Yes, I can see that some of the File menu's responsibilities can be delegated to the dialog. I was working on the assumption that the dialog was going to remain simple. (If anyone knows otherwise -- hell, if anyone knows _anything_ about what's planned for the file dialogs -- please let me know.) Whether those responsibilities should or shouldn't be delegated to the dialog is another matter. Opinions, anyone? > As for reverting within the opening of a file, I have seen a few > apps that offer a dialog such as (verbose on purpose, not > an actual dialog suggestion): > "You already have <filename> open in another window. > Would you like to open a new copy of it in a new window > or revert that open copy back to its last-saved state? > [ new copy | revert existing | cancel ]" hmm. I like the option of opening a new window or continuing with the old one, but I'm still not sure about putting Revert in there. It's a rather dangerous command and it would make more sense to me to let the user request it explicitly. colin _____________________________ ____ rtnl http://rational.cjb.net c z robertson ndirect co uk icq 13294163
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