On Monday 10 March 2003 7:35 am, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, obennett wrote:
> > I think that would be a good fix but "Save" rather than "Close" (as
> > gnome does) would be more appropriate here as it explains to the lay
> > user exactly what is/has been done.
>
> Not really. The reason that GNOME uses 'Close' and not 'Save' or something
> else, is that it uses instant-apply where possible. So the changes have
> already been effectuated before closing the window.
the average person doesn't know this so having "Close" might cause them to just stare 
wondering if their settings are going to be saved or not. Sad as it is this actually 
happens.
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