On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 21:35, Buchan Milne wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> 
> > Hi Buchan,
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Buchan Milne wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry, but I really don't think a single "Close" button is better than
> > > Apply/Cancel/OK combo.
> > >
> > > It's like making a nuke with only a "Fire" button, and no abort ...
> > 
> > Nowhere did I say that a 'Revert' functionality isn't in order in some
> > critical places. That said, I don't see the relation between
> > apply/save/whatever with an abort button on a nuke.
> > 
> 
> I haven't tested this yet, but I suspect it is possible to "nuke" your 
> font settings in GNOME, without being able to revert, whereas both KDE and 
> The Other OS will allow you to just hit ESC to revert.
> 
> And of all the complaints I have heard about that OS that rules 95 of the 
> desktop, I am quite sure I have never heard the one that goes "I just hate 
> that it never does anything potentially dangerous without confirmation".

"Nuke"? How? What changes can you make to fonts in any GNOME
configuration dialog that aren't easily reversible simply by reverting
to the previous settings of the options you changed?
-- 
adamw


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