Re: Comments on dialog proposal

[Murray Cumming <Murray_Cumming BetaResearch de>]

Michael Rogers wrote:
> 
> Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> > * If preference dialogs instant-apply settings, they should have only a
> > Close button, not OK or Cancel.
> 
> I disagree. I was confused when the launcher preferences dialog switched
> from OK/Cancel to Close in Gnome 1.4 - it took me several attempts to
> work out that my changes were being applied instantly. (Even if changes
> are applied instantly, they may not be visible/noticable to the user: I
> was trying to change the tooltip.)
> 
> The close button should be labelled 'OK' because that has the
> widely-understood meaning "the settings currently displayed in the
> dialog are acceptable, apply them and close the dialog". 'Close' doesn't
> have clear semantics - it could mean 'Cancel' (the stock icon makes this
> worse).

I agree. I think [Close] is ambiguous. [OK] is clearer. [Done] or
[Finish] might be better.


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