Re: "Save?" dialogs should be more consistent across apps

Allan Day <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.usability
Message-ID <1274176982.2442.47.camel@blackbox> 
> I have noticed that different Gnome apps have quite different dialog
> windows for prompting the user to save the current document before
> closing the window. 

It would be awesome if we could use GNOME goals [1] for UI issues like
this.

> I think the accels, buttons present and wording of the question should
> be more standard as much as possible, and guidance guidance should be
> included in the HIG.

I've added this to the list of HIG v3 patterns [2].

Allan

[1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals
[2] http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero

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