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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Dialogs: How to layout
From:       Joe Mason <josephm () corel ! com>
Date:       1999-09-14 16:29:03
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Espen Sand wrote:

> There are a number of examples where a Cancel/Close is the only button that
> need to be present. An about dialog, some sort of an information dialog (a
> read only log), a progress dialog (as mentioned by another poster).

In  some of these situations, though, an "OK" button would be more appropriate.  For
instance, if a trivial warning message popped up during a lengthy install, "Cancel"
to close the dialog might leave the user mistakenly thinking they're being forced to
abort the entire thing, when in fact it's merely to dismiss the warning.

Joe

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