Confirm Long File Name Bug in Player Object
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Tue Jun 28 02:15:23 EDT 2005
FlexibleLearning at aol.com wrote:
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>> answer "Are you finished with the last one? If so, shall I clear
>> the header info?" with "No" or "Yes"
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> This would confuse the hell out of me, I am afraid. What if I want to finish
> and NOT clear the header? The questions are not mutually exclusive. It also
> assumes I know what you mean by 'the last one'. Finally, it is almost always
> a good idea to include 'Cancel' as an option in case the User made a mistake
> or changed their mindI would suggest...
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> 'Are you finished with the last [specify what here]?' No/Yes/Cancel
> if Yes, 'Shall I clear the header?' No/Yes/Cancel
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> OR
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> 'Are you finished with [specify what here]? If you click YES the header will
> be cleared.' No/Yes/Cancel
The abmiguity can be further reduced by using the verb from the question
as the label for the confirmation button, e.g.:
Do you can to clear the header?
Cancel / Don't Clear / Clear
Ever since Save dialogs started doing that support costs dropped
industry-wide. :)
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Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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