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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDialogBase / KMessageBox
From:       Lars Knoll <Lars.Knoll () mpi-hd ! mpg ! de>
Date:       1999-11-05 16:47:04
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Waldo Bastian wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > 
> > > * The buttons are much closer together than with a QMessageBox.
> > > 
> > > Opinions/suggestions welcome.
> > 
> > Don't do it.
> > 
> > Right now KMessageBox is very lightweight and it is already consistent,
> > because it is a QMessageBox wrapper.  This was the whole reason to drop
> > the redundant and non-standard looking KMsgBox in the first place.
> 
> Well.. yes.. but... All other KDE dialogs will be based on KDialogBase.
> With KMessageBox based on QMessageBox it will deviate in style from our
> other dialogs.
> 
> I would like to introduce dialogs with a "Don't show this message
> again" checkbox. With KDialogBase this is very simple. With QMessageBox
> this seems to be impossible.

Just one remoark. I hate these "don't show this message again" 
checkbox. Once you click on it, there is now way to get the message
box back again, in case you change your mind. That annoyed me already a
few times under windows, or with the submit warning of netscape.

cheers,
Lars


> 
> Cheers,
> Waldo
> 
> 

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