more useless options

Talking about useless options, another thing comes to mind:
When I view properties of a file in Windows explorer, I get a window,
After viewing I can close the window, or I can choose "cancel" or I can
click "OK".
What's the bliming difference of these 'consistant' choices??



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Linea Recta wrote:

Talking about useless options, another thing comes to mind:
When I view properties of a file in Windows explorer, I get a window,
After viewing I can close the window, or I can choose "cancel" or I can
click "OK".
What's the bliming difference of these 'consistant' choices??

You can changes a file's name, attributes, and permissions from the
Properties dialog. OK confirms the changes, Cancel discards them.

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Linea Recta wrote:

Talking about useless options, another thing comes to mind:
When I view properties of a file in Windows explorer, I get a window,
After viewing I can close the window, or I can choose "cancel" or I can
click "OK".
What's the bliming difference of these 'consistant' choices??

Cancel
Well, what if you changed something in that dialog? Do you really want
to uncheck everything you checked or just click on Cancel? Cancel means
just that: cancel anything you might have changed. The exception is if
you click on Apply then it's too late to Cancel.

Ok
Obvious that means to accept any changes you made. Apply, if available,
means the same as OK but leave the dialog window there in case you want
to review what you changed or make more changes, like in different tabs.

Close Windows
How long have you been using Windows? You should already know that is a
standard control in a window object. You should also know there is a
control menu, and what double-clicking does in the title bar, and how to
drag the edges of the window (if resizable), and other standard controls
afforded in a standard window object. If you want every program to
design its own window, go back to Windows 3.x and use those ancient
programs. Hmm, that won't do it, either, since there were standard
controls and objects inside of those window objects, too. Guess you'll
have to go back to MS/OS DOS to have programs code their own design of
their windows.

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Linea Recta wrote:

Talking about useless options, another thing comes to mind:
When I view properties of a file in Windows explorer, I get a window,
After viewing I can close the window, or I can choose "cancel" or I can
click "OK".

Or you can hit the Esc key.

What's the bliming difference of these 'consistant' choices??

(Good stuff follows.)

Cancel
Well, what if you changed something in that dialog? Do you really want
to uncheck everything you checked or just click on Cancel? Cancel means
just that: cancel anything you might have changed. The exception is if
you click on Apply then it's too late to Cancel.

Ok
Obvious that means to accept any changes you made. Apply, if available,
means the same as OK but leave the dialog window there in case you want
to review what you changed or make more changes, like in different tabs.

Close Windows
How long have you been using Windows? You should already know that is a
standard control in a window object. You should also know there is a
control menu, and what double-clicking does in the title bar, and how to
drag the edges of the window (if resizable), and other standard controls
afforded in a standard window object. If you want every program to
design its own window, go back to Windows 3.x and use those ancient
programs. Hmm, that won't do it, either, since there were standard
controls and objects inside of those window objects, too. Guess you'll
have to go back to MS/OS DOS to have programs code their own design of
their windows.

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