Just found a old discussion on desktop-devel-list regarding this. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2002-January/msg00412.html
Calum Benson wrote: > > On 6 Nov 2007, at 14:20, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >> Willie Walker wrote: >>> Hi Peter: >>> >>> Most definitely agreed on bringing users in -- it's something we've >>> done with Orca since day one and it works very well. In my >>> experience working directly with end users, however, I've found that >>> specific examples serve as a better foundation for discussion than a >>> generalized problem statement. >>> >>> So, in order to better avoid overgeneralizing the problem/solution >>> too soon, I'd like to have some specific examples of dialogs with >>> "Close" buttons that are under consideration for removal. With >>> these, we can go to the Orca user's list and have a discussion. >>> >>> Andreas, do you have examples of dialogs whose "Close" buttons might >>> be removed? >> Hi! >> This was something that was brought up during Ubuntu Developer Summit >> in some of the Desktop meetings, where Matthew Paul Thomas suggested >> that it would be good to get rid of the several ways to close a >> window in order to reduce duplication of information in some dialogs >> we were designing. > > Indeed. FWIW, Matthew also agrees that Esc shouldn't close such windows: > > "Because an instant-apply window isn't a dialog, it's inappropriate > for it > to disppear with Enter or Escape (see also bug 302057), so it > consumes an > access key that then can't be used by any other control in any tab > in any > pane of the window." > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302076 > >> Does anyone know how other operating systems, like OSX solve this issue? > > The guideline-approved shortcut for Close in OS X is Cmd-W, which > works everywhere there's a close button in the titlebar (much like > Alt-F4 in metacity). Esc usually activates Cancel buttons, although > last time I checked the OS X guidelines didn't say whether Cancel > actually ought to have a shortcut or not-- it's certainly not > mentioned here: > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459 > > The Windows guidelines explicitly say Esc for Cancel and Alt-F4 for > Close, but Windows apps don't tend to have the kind of dialog we're > talking about here. > > Cheeri, > Calum. > _______________________________________________ gnome-themes-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-themes-list
