On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:34 PM, <Dirk-Jan.Binnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Henrik, Marius, > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:00:40PM +0100, Henrik Frisk wrote: >> > If, in the built in maill app (I know it's got a name, >> can't remember >> > right now) >> >> Modest. >> [snip] >> There should be three buttons. >> >> 'Save draft and close', 'Close without saving', 'Continue editing' > > In general, I like the more informative, GNOME-style buttons as you > propose; however, there are two issues: > > i) changing the ok/cancel to these more explicit titles would be > inconsistent with the rest of the UI. I don't necessarily always > agree with the UI consistency-über-alles rule, but it's an uphill > battle to change that. Even having three button is too 'diverse'... > (Search (ctrl-E in Modest) presents three buttons...) Problem to me is that the 'Cancel' button doesn't cancel the operation that initiated the dialog: the closing of the window. I'm not going to make this a big issue but I find it really confusing although I can see the driving force behind it is consistency. Even hitting the right button (that is, "OK") forces the user to change folder and reopen the mail. I may be wrong here (I'm no UI guru) but aren't these kinds of dialogs usually addressing the issue negatively: "Are you sure you want to disregard changes?" Then the two choices "OK" and "Cancel" would make more sense to me; cancelling would take you back to your message giving you the chance to save your draft before closing the window. > ii) even in english, the names are quite long; in many other languages > these longer names may not fit on the screen. > > However, I agree that 'Cancel' is misleading here. But at least, after > loosing your mail once, one will not forget... > I'm not going to argue that I'm representative, but I don't seem to learn at all. I use emacs for most of my work and ctrl-W means something else there. As a result I unintentionally close windows quite often. And I intentinally click "Cancel" every time thinking it's the right thing to do... I thought it was a mistake, but if it isn't, I'll try to learn! best, Henrik _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
