[Usability]Re: Control Center must-fix draft

["Paul Joseph Thompson" <captbunzo squirrelmail org>]

> Brian Crescimanno wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Michael here.  Multiple levels of undo would be
>> great, but a lot of users don't understand that type of multiple
>> "undo" and how it works.  The "cancel" button says to them
>> "forget about everything I've done since I opened up this
>> dialog....go back to the way it was!"
>
> Hum, just for the record, I think multiple levels of undo are bad
> -  simply because a dialog should never be complex enough to need
> it. I think I would prefer a simple 'undo' or 'reset' to restore
> the settings/preferences back to how they appeared when the
> dialog was first opened.

Ah, come on. That's no fun.

I have been thinking about it and have decided that Gnome most
significant problem is that we just don't have enough buttons in each
dialog. For instance, in the instant apply dialogs, we should
probably do this:

  [Help]          [Undo] [Redo] [Revert to Before] [Done]

We'll never beat Bill if we don't focus on giving the user MORE
POWER. More power comes from more choices...all at once, preferably.

[Btw, I AM just kidding...]

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            Paul Joseph Thompson
            captbunzo squirrelmail org