On Sun, May 11, 2008 1:29 pm, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
- about the Apply button, I think it should only show up on platforms
where it is a common thing. On Mac OS X, it should just be OK and Cancel. On Windows, there should be Apply. I think GNOME has moved away from Apply, but I don't know anything about KDE.
KDE seam to have both Apply and OK (and Cancel). But i don't think the actual UI need be platform dependent. That is, i think it matters less then having multiple buttons with different names that hint much the same functionally but don't nessacarily supply that functionality. Apply, Ok and Save in this case - as explained earlier.
One easy solution is to remove the Save button and add the save functionality to the Ok button. And then either remove also the Apply button or add the save functionality to that also. So where
Save:= Saves changes to file ready for next startup of Pd Cancel:= Cancels i.e. quit the dialog
we have:
Case i: Cancel Apply:= Save Ok:= Apply + Cancel
Case ii: Cancel Ok:= Save + Cancel
That said, I'd like to underline that i think the improvements already done are much more impotent then this clearing of confusion of the UI. I shall rest my case now (or submit a patch).