[chimera-dev] Fwd: cancel vs. close

Eric Pettersen pett@cgl.ucsf.edu
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:50:46 -0700


Can we put this on the discussion agenda for the next Chimera meeting?

--Eric

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "David E. Konerding" <dakone@uclink.berkeley.edu>
> Date: Wed Jul 31, 2002  10:11:47 AM US/Pacific
> To: pett@cgl.ucsf.edu
> Subject: cancel vs. close
>
> Why do you guys use the button named 'cancel' where it you should be using 
> 'close'?  I think we had this
> discussion at a chimera group meeting before.  But normally, I think of 
> "cancel" in the literal sense- cancel
> the change I made (not that the Windows desktop uses it to mean that) 
> rather than "close the dialog window"
> (which isn't a cancellation).
>
> Dave