Re: [Usability]Re: Control Center must-fix draft

[nils <n p sun com>]

We have been discussing nomeclature alot. I am guessing that if
there was one word solution that solves all our problems, someone
would have suggested it by now :)

Attached is a solution, which I quite like, which would allow us
to use more explicit revert/reset/undo terminology. It also may
provide a solution for returning settings to 'factory defaults'.

Nils

Seth Nickell wrote:

> On 07 Sep 2001 10:27:14 +0100, Glynn Foster wrote:
> > Brian Crescimanno wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree with Michael here.  Multiple levels of undo would be great, but
> > > a lot of users don't understand that type of multiple "undo" and how it
> > > works.  The "cancel" button says to them "forget about everything I've
> > > done since I opened up this dialog....go back to the way it was!"
> >
> > Hum, just for the record, I think multiple levels of undo are bad -  simply
> > because a dialog should never be complex enough to need it. I think I would
> > prefer a simple 'undo' or 'reset' to restore the settings/preferences back to
> > how they appeared when the dialog was first opened.
>
> I agree, but I think we need a better word to express this than either
> "Cancel" or "Revert".
>
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