Re: [Usability] Standardizing Find and Replace windows

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:22:13PM -0400, David Adam Bordoley wrote:
> From: Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>
> >
> >Close is always in the bottom right corner, as it should be for everything
> >else. 
> >
> 
> Well looking at your mockup two things become quite apparent to me. 
> 
> 1) Seth is right that button columns do kind of suck.
> 2) you are right that close buttons really are pita that lead to absurd 
> looking dialogs. 

(Rant snipped. ;-)

I think I have a solution, which I'll post in a moment.


> Technically the hig only states that instant apply dialogs ought to have 
> close buttons (i'm not sure it says anything else about other types of 
> dialogs). . . . 

It says none of these are dialogs. :-)


      . . . However given the hell storm that will surely break out if we try 
> to convince maint to remove the close button i guess the button column is 
> the least worst of all possibilities (though as i understand it, vertical 
> scanning of buttons is much harder than horizontal scanning so its a 
> comprimise). 

My solution will remove the Close button! Chaos will reign!

Um . . . not really . . . about the chaos, that is.

I will remove the Close button, but magically solve another problem.
Now, everyone "Look over there!"  while I put the rabbit in my hat.


Cheers,
Greg