Thanks for your answers.
On Sep 18, 4:11 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> The other key point is that generally our model is for data to be
> edit-in-place, so pressing back from something like contacts will close the
> screen but retain your edits (since the edits were performed as you did
> them).
>
> There will always be exceptions -- I think gmail confirming you want to
> cancel your message if you haven't yet saved it as a draft is a good one
> because otherwise you unintentionally end up with a lot of drafts -- but
> what you see in contacts is the general model.
>
> We do need to get UI guidelines out that describe all of this in much more
> detail. I know this has been an issue for a while.
>
> Btw, the scenario of editing a contact and removing all data then pressing
> back is an edge case that to me is consistent with the model -- the contact
> has no more data, so it no longer exists. When you press back you have
> already made the edits that make it empty so it is now gone.
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:04 PM, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > The back button is really not meant to be "cancel" usually, but only
> > to exit the current screen you are working on.
>
> > -niko
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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