Re: [Usability] New dialog for handling file conflicts in Nautilus - UI review request

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 01:13 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2008, at 22:03, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I wrote a dialog to improve the way Nautilus behaves when there's a
> > conflict between two files in a file operation.
> > Here you can find some screenshots:
> >
> > http://www.lilik.it/~anarki/media/my/gnome/file-conflict.png
> > http://www.lilik.it/~anarki/media/my/gnome/file-conflict-rename.png
> 
> Like most attempts at improving this dialog in the past, the main  
> problem is that it's initially pretty overwhelming to look at IMHO.   
> I'd like to see even more in the way of progressive disclosure, so by  
> default it might look more like this quick mockup:
>  <http://www.gnome.org/~calum/screenies/nautilus-replace.png 

[snip]

> - When user changes the text in the field, the Replace button becomes  
> "Rename", and it becomes the default button for the dialog.  (That is,  
> will be activated when the user presses Enter.)  The 'replace other  
> files' checkbox becomes disabled.
> 
> - If user changes their mind, they can press Reset, which restores the  
> original filename to the text field.  "Rename" button becomes  
> "Replace" again, "Skip" becomes the default button again, and 'replace  
> other files' checkbox is re-enabled.

While that certainly sounds natural, don't the accessibility
folks usually recommend against changing buttons like that?

--
Shaun