On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 15:50 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > But they don't do the opposite.
Depends how you look at it. I have an instant apply and an explicit apply dialog. In both cases, I open a window, make some changes, then change my mind and (by force of habit) hit Esc to cancel out. In one case my changes will have been reverted, in the other, they will have been applied. As far as I'm concerned, I've performed two identical sets of actions, but with opposite results. For the OP or others who, by their own admission, "don't care" what the buttons on a dialog say, this subtlety can be lost. Having Esc work consistently for one type of window but not the other helps to reinforce this required difference in interaction. (Others, as we know, just see it as an annoying hindrance.) > If a dialog with a Close button needed a button to > discard changes, (Eg, Desktop Background, which > changes immediately), it should be labelled 'Revert'. Yes, it should. Few such dialogs currently do, though (possibly because the relevant discussions never did settle on the best model). Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
