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

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Kenny Graunke wrote:

> Not really. It's really easy to hit Ctrl-W or Alt-F4 or some such keybinding
> to close a window. It takes _MUCH_ longer to tab to the right control and
> then hit space or enter. I must say, as a power user, I often use
> keybindings to do such things - tabbing here would just be ridiculously slow.

You wouldn't be forced to tab-- a Close button should be accessible by
pressing Alt+C (i.e. it should have the "C" underlined).  As opposed to
a Cancel button, which you can access just by pressing Esc.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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