bug#4980: 23.1.50; In File > Quit GUI, add "Cancel", write "Save", and simplify
"Jason A. Spiro" <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:27 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs |
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When I try to quit Emacs by clicking File > Quit, I see seven choices: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Save file foo.txt? * Yes * No * View This Buffer * View Changes In This Buffer * Save This But No More * Save All Buffers * No For All ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 1. As dak wrote in 2008 at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/65537/focus=100634 there's no Cancel button. "Closing the dialog window happens to achieve that ... but it is not really obvious." Please add a Cancel button. 2. For the first choice, instead of writing "Yes", write "Save". Usability researchers have found that action verbs are always better when a list of choices is provided. I can explain why if you require it. 3. The seven choices act as a confusing way to ask me which files to save. Instead, as Joshua Juran <[email protected]> suggested to me in Freenode #macdev, you should use a dialog box like "gedit" uses ( screenshot at http://omploader.org/vMnQzaw ; download gedit for Windows / Mac at http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ ): ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( [!] There are 2 document(s) with unsaved changes. Save before closing? Select the documents you want to save: | [x] foo.txt | | [x] bar.txt | | | | | If you don't save, your changes will be lost. ________ ______ [ Close &without Saving ] [ &Cancel ] [________&Save______] ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Don't offer view-buffer or view-changes choices in a GUI. You see, a GUI should be simple instead of listing every possible choice the user might conceivably want. If the user wants to do so, they can click Cancel then do so themselves.