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Apply buttons (was GNOME 3.6 released)

Apply buttons (was GNOME 3.6 released)

Posted Sep 29, 2012 3:30 UTC (Sat) by thebluesgnr (guest, #37963)
In reply to: Apply buttons (was GNOME 3.6 released) by dskoll
Parent article: GNOME 3.6 released

Dialogs where it would be difficult to undo bad changes (for example, changing the screen resolution) have an Apply button.


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Apply buttons (was GNOME 3.6 released)

Posted Sep 29, 2012 12:01 UTC (Sat) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

So then you end up with inconsistency. And you have to trust authors to get it right and know when "Apply" is necessary.

I prefer Apply always.

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