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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: UI Inconsistency OK APPLY buttons
From:       Martin Willers <M.Willers () tu-bs ! de>
Date:       2003-03-31 21:43:45
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On Monday 31 March 2003 23:30, Ladislav Strojil wrote:
> > [...]
> > "Click Apply to accept changes to the listbox widget. Click OK to leave
> > the dialog once the changes have been accepted. Click Cancel to leave
> > the dialog without saving any changes."
> >
> > I think this is the rule we follow, but the explanation is confusing,
> > since you don't know if clicking on Cancel will not save any changes
> > since the dialog appeared or since the last time you've pressed Apply.
> >
> > I propose to revise this for KDE 4 and try to be consistent about what
> > Cancel means. Until that a whatsthis text for Cancel and Apply would
> > also help together with some explanation in the KDE help.
>
> I don't think this wise.
> Just accept that "Apply" saves the settings.
> OK saves and exits.
> Cancel exits without saving.
>
> If you save and then exit without saving, you should not expect to have
> old settings restored.

Intuitively, I wouldn't expect an "Apply"-button to actually +save+ anything 
(ie. to file). - It just updates the application's current running-state.
Only the "OK"-button makes this change persistent (ie. saves to config).

Just my ¤0,02.

ciao,
 Martin

 
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