[Usability] Re: Settings windows and dialogs

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Gregory Merchan wrote:
> 
> Lastly, for settings which cannot be instantly applied, dialogs will use
> Try, Cancel, and OK.
> 
>   Try    : Applies settings and does not close.
>   Cancel : Resets the dialog (undoing Try) and closes.
>   OK     : Applies settings and closes.

N.B. A quick clarification, having spoken to Greg abour this on IRC: In
this model, Cancel would undo all 'Tries' since the dialog opened, not
just the last one.  The fact that only the last 'Try' is undone when you
press Reset or Cancel in a traditional 'try-apply-ok-cancel' dialog is
one of the main sources of confusion with that model, so this suggestion
is an attempt to rectify that, albeit with the loss of a little
flexibility.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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