Re: UI question: app can't continue, what now?

[Ben Combee]

At 13:53 2003-1-15 -0800, you wrote:

In the case that an application cannot continue, what is the correct UI behavior after the user presses cancel.

Example:

* App starts and user is dropped into modal dialog box for first-time setup.
* User provides UID and Password
* App goes off to network and UID/PW fails
* User dropped back into modal dialog box with error and prompt for UID/PW.
* Eventually user gets tired of this, doesn't have a UID/PW that will work and presses cancel.

Where do I go from there?

Don't make the first-time setup a modal dialog. Make it full-screen forms, and allow the user to exit using the Application icon.

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Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Palm OS programming help @ www.palmoswerks.com

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