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From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: How to kill the logout window?
Message-ID: <282@heaven.woodside.ca.us>
Date: 26 Sep 90 00:36:55 GMT
References: <9009251720.AA00597@mcs-server.gac.edu>
Reply-To: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
Organization: RightBrain Software, Woodside, CA
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In article <9009251720.AA00597@mcs-server.gac.edu> scott@nic.gac.edu writes:
>Thus far under 2.0, both power-off and logout have OK as the default (hit
>return) rather than cancel.
>
>Better?  Depends, I guess.

This is a strict adherence to the user interface guidelines, which is
increasingly better in proportion to the number of applications that
follow the convention.

The guidelines stipulate that any "confirm" dialog boxes should always
default to CONTINUING with the action that was initiated.

The fact that you get a confirmation at all is your chance to save
yourself.

I think it's great that the logout panels conform to this guideline,
because I think it's a good guideline.  I took some pains to follow
this rule in my own confirmation panels, too.

Glenn

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