Re: [Usability] Modified Documents

[Luca Cappelletti <luca cappelletti gmail com>]

Hello Boris,

<snip>

> > > 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.
> 

<snip>

> 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
> --
> Boris Goldowsky <boris alum mit edu>

the 'dot' doesn't provide any real information until you know the
purpose of that 'dot'.
Looking to the windows/object you've to learn and remember before
something and then understand how to use that 'dot'.This is not good.
Messages to the user must be direct and clear.

Bye,

Luca Cappelletti