Re: Control Center must-fix draft

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 06Sep2001 01:14PM (+0100), Michael Rogers wrote:
> Seth Nickell wrote:
> > After some discussion, and a re-evaluation of the existing dialogue
> > proposal, we propose the
> > control center use "[Help]         [Undo] [Done]". Help is optional, but
> > of course desirable.
> > Undo only undoes the last change. Done closes the dialogue. All
> > preferences should take effect as soon as the user changes them.
> 
> I think [Cancel] would be more useful than [Undo]. [Cancel] is a
> psychologically important button for nervous users: it's the panic
> button. If you have screwed things up, then tried to put them right and
> just made them worse, you can always hit [Cancel]. 

The dialog should not let you screw things up in the first place. If
it does, then Cancel is just a band-aid.

 - Maciej