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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [patch] kcron - multiple fixes
From:       "dave selby" <dave6502 () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2007-06-10 17:52:43
Message-ID: f52017b60706101052n3933992ds47131826a97f9b10 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 10/06/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2007, dave selby wrote:
> > On 10/06/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 10 June 2007, dave selby wrote:
>
> > intact. :) - seems abit smoother ....
>
> by far; good call =)
>
> > > thought: i wonder if it might make sense to show the error -in- the
> > > dialog, e.g. using KTitleWidget to do so, rather than popping up Yet
> > > Another Dialog(tm) for the user to interact with.
> >
> > The problem is the error would only be descoverd when the user presses
> > OK, without a popup - isnt there the possibility of a user not reading
> > the existing dialog and blindly hitting the OK thinking its broken ? I
> > supose it could flash red or something ?
>
> yes, KTitleWidget changes the presentation of the contents if you use
> ErrorMessage or one of the other critical MessageTypes. it is quite apparent.
> you can even set an autotimeout and only show the KTitleWidget when there is
> an error. other dialogs, such as in kopete, are using it in exactly this way!
> =)
>

Cool ! - will look at kopete & try and re-code it.

Cheers once again

Dave




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