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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: was: The Great Standard Yes/No/...
Message-ID: <1684@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 17 Sep 89 10:31:51 GMT
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Reply-To: h+@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
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I have read about changing/not changing the Standard Alert for quite
a while now, and I agree that you shall not change the well-known
layout:

	Save

	Discard		Cancel

But since so much happens when you use your modifier keys (i.e.
rebuild desktop, launch DAs, inhibit MacsBug, MF or INITs, not
to mention MS WORD or PageMaker...) why not let the user chose
"save as" by holding any / a special modifier key while clicking
"save as" ? You could even change the text of the button as soon
as the user depresses the modifier key, and change it back when
(s)he releases it.

I think I'll do this in my next program... Anyone got any strong
arguments why I shouldn't ?

h+@nada.kth.se

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