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Re: [Patch] setup.exe - change Prev, Curr, Test Radio Buttons to a Single PushButton
- To: <bkeener at thesoftwaresource dot com>,"cygwin-patches" <cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: [Patch] setup.exe - change Prev, Curr, Test Radio Buttons to a Single PushButton
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:49:59 +1100
- References: <VA.000009be.0055f8df@thesoftwaresource.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Keener" <bkeener@thesoftwaresource.com>
To: "cygwin-patches" <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:37 AM
Subject: [Patch] setup.exe - change Prev, Curr, Test Radio Buttons to a
Single PushButton
> This change replaces the radio buttons in the Package chooser to a
single
> Pushbutton like the current View Selection. There had been
suggestions in the
> past for a pushbutton that would let you change the whole list to one
setting
> and then go back and select just single entities. I guess this is
sort of the
> first step. Very minor change.
I'd like to have a better idea of where you are taking this before I
check it in.
I'm happy to have you develop this on a CVS branch if you like - if that
would help.
The reason I say this is that radio buttons are better for communicating
n-way choices that push buttons that take on a different meaning. (Push
buttons make the interface modal and therefore harder to drive quickly,
but a little easier to observe). And a drop-down is better than a push
button :] for clarity.
The view mode should really be a set of radio buttons or a drop-down
IMO.
However, if you've got a goal in mind with the push button change I'm
happy to see what that looks like...
Rob