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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 959 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz
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