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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: standards for how to display some widgets.
From:       rupert THURNER <rthurner () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-02-10 18:30:10
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could you give same examples in kde where the current
buttons are inappropriate?

rupert.

Susan Brown wrote:
>    True - but there are many dialogs that contain multiple tabs. The absence of
> an Apply button means you cannot 'save as you go' without leaving the dialogue
> and having to reopen for the next step, or, if you are unhappy with something,
> losing all the changes you have made under other tabs. Sure, you may not be able
> to 'see' the results of a particular change, but it is highly annoying to make
> one change as you want it, mess up another, and have to go back to square one.
> The average novice user (I am wearing my Ms End-User Documentation hat here)
> finds this kind of think very frustrating.
....
>  The Default button is a good idea, but I go back to my previous case. In some
> multi-tab dialogues, Default may not be meaningful for ALL tabs. So, do we have
> the Default button as part of a particular tab in the dialogue?   Here we could
> lose the consistent look: would Default appear in various places depending on the
> complexity of a particular dialogue?
> 
>     One possible option would be to have a standard configuration of the 5
> buttons being discussed, where the button becomes grayed out when an option is
> not appropriate for the particular dialogue or tab.
> 
> --
> Susan Brown
> Corel Computer
> Documentation Specialist
> 613 788 6008 (ext 6130)
> 
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