[openbeos] Re: BeOS/Haiku UI question

> Off-topic, but Save|Use|Done remind me of AmigaOS. There Use would
> mean that the settings should be applied for this session only while
> Save would save them permanently. VLC has the same logic, and so do a
> couple of other BeOS programs (can't remember which, though). (Hmm,
> doesn't DualHeadSetup have those?)
> 
> Although it's not bad logic, I don't think it fits BeOS well. So yes, I
> agree that they should be changed to Revert|[Defaults]|[Apply] whenever
> possible.

Absolutely.

I've never seen that set-up before, and I still have no idea what the buttons 
in VLC do, so I just end up clicking all of the ones that seem appropriate!

I'm with Axel on "Defaults" generally not being very useful - for your 
background example Marcus it's obvious how to change the pink with 1 color 
control (and the "Be blue" is no better a choice than any other so default is 
fairly pointless). Likewise removing the background image is one simple drop 
down, and reverting to the "default" haiku icon background is again not very 
useful IMHO.

The only slightly grey area is what should happen when an apply button is 
necessary and the window is closed with settings not applied. Hopefully having 
the button disabled first as (I think) Koki said would provide enough visual 
feedback as to what had to be done - but I can see an argument for popping up 
an "Apply Settings?" dialog in that case. I'd prefer to avoid it though as 
providing there was cross-app consistency the user would soon learn close did 
nothing more than close.

Simon

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