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From: Mo DeJong <mdejong@cygnus.com>
To: insight@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Interface issues
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:13:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1001117131200.7943A-100000@cse.cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A159654.8C44468F@cygnus.com>

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Fernando Nasser wrote:

> Laurent Duperval wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > One thing I find kinda annoying is the fact that almost none of the dialogs
> > has a close button. You have to use the window manager to close dialogs. I
> > don't think that's a correct UI design. But then, what do I know? If anyone
> > else finds this annoying, maybe I'll go thru the list of dialogs to add the
> > close buttons. But dunna holda you bress!
> > 
> 
> This is a good point.  I will keep an eye open for missing "close" on dialogs.

I don't buy it. If you are talking about a dialog, I would agree.
Windows that are not dialogs do not need close buttons. That is
what the little X in the upper right hand corner is for. Closing
the window is the job of the window manager.

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc

  reply	other threads:[~2000-11-17 13:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-17  9:14 Laurent Duperval
2000-11-17 12:34 ` Fernando Nasser
2000-11-17 13:13   ` Mo DeJong [this message]
2000-11-17 13:51     ` Fernando Nasser
2000-11-20  5:46       ` Laurent Duperval

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