[discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread Code Monkey
To Whom It May Concern: Your so-called feature, the delete dialog box, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. Even Microsoft follows this principle most of the time. It was one of the first things I learned when I began programming. When a user presses

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread Henrik Sundberg
2006/7/16, Code Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: To Whom It May Concern: Your so-called feature, the delete dialog box, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. Even Microsoft follows this principle most of the time. It was one of the first things I learned when

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread jonathon
Code Monkey wrote: is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. I guess you didn't realize that it is standard for a program to request specifically what is to be deleted, when there are two or more possible items to be deleted. Calc does not delete, but

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. I guess you didn't realize that it is standard for a program to request specifically what is to be deleted, when there are two or more possible items to be deleted.