For another example, in OpenOffice style, the dialog would read: The method "XXX" has been modified Do you want to accept your changes?
and the three buttons used are: - Accept (Accept and leave) - Discard (Don't accept, but leave) - Cancel (Don't accept and stay) Personally, I find Discard to be a better choice of words than Don't Accept, but the ordering in the others is better, since there's less chance of incidentally not saving your changes since Discard button is by itself. (Btw: the dialog in Works/Office is misleading, as you WON'T lose your changes if you press cancel...) Cheers, Henry On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:54 34AM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > probably > we shoudl try it > for me I'm always stopped and forced to read this stuff while it > should be totally intuitive > > stef > > On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Lukas Renggli wrote: > >> Why can't it be done *exactly* the same way as it is handled in all >> "reasonable" desktop applications such Apple Works or Microsoft >> Office? >> >> Do you want to accept the changes you made? >> Your changes will be lost if you don't accept them. >> >> Don't Accept >> >> Cancel >> Accept >> >> Cheers, >> Lukas >> >> 2009/8/20 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: >>> >>> On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Adrian Lienhard wrote: >>> >>>> Doesn't (Keep original method) imply that the old version of the >>>> method, the one before you started editing, will be kept (which >>>> would >>>> be the same like discarding the changes)? >>>> >>>> Therefore, I like best: >>>> >>>>> (Discard changes) (Don't do anything) >>>> >>>> Or what about? >>>> >>>> (Discard changes) (Back) >>> >>> >>> yes this one or the previous one is good. >>> >>> Stef >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> On Aug 20, 2009, at 09:20 , Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> yes, this old dialog is really bad from a usability point of >>>>>> view. >>>>>> >>>>>> For your improved dialog, what does "Keep changes" do? If it is >>>>>> the >>>>>> old behavior of "Cancel" then this may be a bit misleading >>>>>> because >>>>>> nothing is saved, you just stop moving the focus away from the >>>>>> method. >>>>>> Maybe something along the lines of "Back to modified method" >>>>>> would >>>>>> be >>>>>> better? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (Discard changes) (Don't) >>>>> (Discard changes) (Don't do anything) >>>>> (Discard changes) (Keep original method) <- probably >>>>> better >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Adrian >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 23:25 , Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> <Picture 5.png> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> of course I forgot this one. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Changes have not been saved. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (Discard changes) (Keep changes) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> hi guys >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I do not you but me I'm losing half of a second to read (even >>>>>>>> if I >>>>>>>> know it by hearth) this stupid window >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <Picture 3.png> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It would be so cool to have only two buttons because I do not >>>>>>>> understand what is the field input and the cancel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> and two buttons >>>>>>>> (Discard changes) (Keep changes) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm so stupid: I do not understand what is cancel here (of >>>>>>>> course >>>>>>>> this is cancel the change of method >>>>>>>> but in UI flow I do not know that I was selecting or changing - >>>>>>>> now >>>>>>>> I get this crappy question and >>>>>>>> I panic .... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any taker? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Stef_______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo- >>>>>>>> project >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo- >>>>>> project >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo- >>>>> project >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lukas Renggli >> http://www.lukas-renggli.ch >> < >> confirmation >> .png >>> <confirmation2.png>_______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
