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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?? -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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more useless options
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. -- Believe it or not, there are some things you can't drink away. |
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more useless options
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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more useless options
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writes: 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. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf That's how he [Dr. Who] seems to me. He's always been someone who gets the /Guardian/. There are some parts of the universe where it's harder to get hold of. - Peter Capaldi (current incumbent Doctor), RT 2016/11/26-12/2 |
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