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Subject:Re: variation on Re: press or click..... From:"Dan Roberts" <droberts63 -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:09:58 -0500
>In a Windows or Mac UI that adheres to the published standards,
like that'd really happen <g>
>(Basically, "No" answers the displayed question, and continues the process
>based on that answer. "Cancel" interrupts the process, and backs the user
>out to the starting place as if the process had never happened. The classic
>example is when you close an unsaved document, and you get the question
>"Save the document first?" The answers can usually be yes, save it and
>close; no, don't save it but still close; or cancel my request to close the
>document.)
thanks for the example. I never really noticed the Cancel, since I usually opt
for the ESC key to say "no, I didn't wanna start this whole thing". I'll
probably be more conscious of this in the future.
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