Re: [gcmd-dev] Confirmation Dialogs

[Piotr Eljasiak]

> >> But usually (90%) when that happens I want to overwrite this file. So I 
> >> think it
> >> would be more convenient, if by default the replace button would have the 
> >> focus.
> > 
> > There are many who expect that they can't screw up or delete anything 
> > when choosing the default action (=just hitting enter).
> > 
> But the user interface is inconsistent according to that.
> When you want to delete a file, the default Button is "OK" and not cancel. 
> While
> by overwriting a file the default button is "cancel". It should be at least
> consistent even if it doesn't resembles what I would like to see. ;-)
> In other file managers (mc, total commander) the default action for the
> overwriting confirm dialog is "replace", and it seems to work quite well.
> In general I would say if I do a action on my file system I WANT to do this
> action. It's nice to have some extra warnings but I should be able to discard
> them as fast as possible.

Applied. :o)

> > A safe alternative is demonstrated by KDE, they always ask for the specific 
> > action 
> > and then perform it without further questions. This is touchpad-safe ;) but 
> > requires
> > you to always click a choice.
> >
> What is ok and I think also gnome-commander behaves like that for most action.
> In gnome-commander you can also choose in the settings for certain actions if
> you want a confirm dialog for it or not. Unfortunately the drag'n drop
> action is missing there.

To be done in the nearest future (i.e. 2007 ;o)

> >> - In the overwriting confirmation dialog nothing happens when I click the 
> >> x in
> >> the right upper corner.
> > 
> > Yes you're right. Strictly seen, this action is rather 'undefined' and 
> > personally
> > i see it as advantage to have it disabled.
> >
> In the Delete-Dialog in gnome-commander clicking the X is the same as clicking
> cancel.
> As far as I know almost all applications I use react like that.

Applied.


Thanks for catching these,
Piotr