Re: [Usability] Modified Documents

[Boris Goldowsky <boris alum mit edu>]

> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Boris Goldowsky wrote:

> > Why not adopt the NeXT & Mac OS X practice of putting a mark inside or
> > over the 'close window' control?  It makes sense because if you are
> > about to close a document window, that's the moment you need to be
> > reminded that it has been modified.

On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 14:16 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> Could you provide a sample (screenshot/mockup?) of what this looks like?

I placed a screenshot at:
   http://www.goldowsky.com/images/osx-icons.png

Note the black dot inside the red dot on the modified document.  It
doesn't stand out, but it's always there if you want to know the state
of a document.

In a terminal window, the same marker comes on when there is a process
running (besides the shell).

Bng
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Boris Goldowsky <boris alum mit edu>