Ethereal-dev: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [Ethereal-dev] "usability extensions"

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:34:00 +0200
Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 03.09.02 01:49:58:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:36:59AM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> > Another approach would be to ask the user at program exit: "Do you
> > really want to quit, some preferences are not saved?" or something that
> > way.  With three buttons:
> > 
> > "Save": Save and exit program
> > "Quit": Quit program without saving
> > "Cancel": return to program and change nothing
> 
> That still strikes me as being a bit clumsy, and still doesn't draw a
> distinction between permanent and temporary changes to protocol
> preferences.

You are right. But it's maybe a lot better than nothing here ;-)

> 
> > To summarize the setting files (as currently on my windows machine),
> > with the actions made, if I get you right:
> > 
> > cfilters (saved at program exit)
> 
> Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the filter-list-editing (or
> filter construction) dialog.
> 
> > colorfilters (saved at program exit)
> 
> Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the "Add color to protocols"
> dialog.
> 
> > dfilters (saved at program exit)
> 
> Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the filter-list-editing (or
> filter construction) dialog.

You mean, we could implement it for this dialogs like I mentioned earlier (OK, Apply, Cancel).  Which will eleminate the Save button at least for this dialogs. 

And only leave the Save button in the preferences dialog.

Regards, ULFL
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