Re: FAQ -- why the MSDI interface? (aka, no pagers please)

[H�kan Waara]

David Chart wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2001 14:49:27 -0400, Scott wrote:
> 
> 
>>   1. Close/ New document and Close/Open document  File menu items
>>   2. "Close" close current document and then open a new one "Untitled1"
>>   3. "Do you wish to open a new document" Yes/No dialog box on
>>      File->Close, if it is the last document.
>>
> 
> I'd like to support the third option. "Close" does not normally quit the
> application. Since quitting is fairly major, it should never do so
> without warning.
> 
> Actually, I'd like a dialogue which says 'Would you like to create a new
> document, or Exit AbiWord?' with "New" and "Exit" buttons, defaulting to
> "New".
> 
> 

No, this is extremely bad UI practice. Adding alerts and dialogs all 
over the place to overcome design or programming decisions is the root 
of all evil (trust me, I've been through this discussion before).

I would instead recommend that we hide the `Close' menuitem if there is 
only one document left on the screen.  That way the user won't use 
`Close' accidently and we won't have to show that alert.


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H�kan Waara ([EMAIL PROTECTED])