On Friday 21 of November 2008 16:41:25 Katarina Machalkova wrote:
> > What do you think of the proposal?
> > Is it understandable?
>
> Not quite :-) Especially when it comes to the function of buttons
>
> 'Discard' stands for 'Really abort? Yes' - exits the module without saving
> the changes made by user.
>
> But what about 'Apply' ?  Does it write the changes and come back to the
> module so the user can make further changes? (that was fairly non-standard
> behaviour & terminology yast2-storage had used until recently). Or does it
> save the changes AND exit the module, just as if user clicked 'Ok'
> or 'Finish' button?
>
> If the latter is the case, what about using 'Save' label instead, and
> changing the text to "Do you want to save the changes or discard them?" I'm
> sorry, I'm maybe too influenced by y2-storage, but 'Apply' evokes 'Save and
> come back' action to me, while 'Save' really stands for 'Save and exit' ...

Even this is IMO not an always working solution. Imagine you are in the middle 
of a workflow and hit 'Abort'; there is in fact nothing you can really save.

While the 'Discard' is probably the most reasonable label, I really don't know 
what's the right one for continuing to work with the module.

Jiri

-- 
Regards,

Jiri Srain
YaST Team Leader
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