Re: [Usability]Re: An alternative proposal for instant-apply vs. non-instant-apply

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Michael Rogers wrote:
> 
> In all dialogs, changes that have not yet been applied should be
> highlighted. (The widget should remain in the 'changed'/'dirty' state
> until the changes are applied.) 

I've seen this work quite well in some situations before; generally it
involved turning the unapplied controls' text labels red until the
change was applied.  Might be worth considering.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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