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Hello. I happen to see this comment and table from scribus mailing
list. I wonder isn't there a good usability standard or recommendation
released from standard group like freedesktop, rather than from one or
two single persons about one or two single usability problems? Sorry
for wrong post, perhaps I am OT becuase this group is for standard
creation not ideas?<br>
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Manfred Jung wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Everyone
With my last publication I was under considerable time preasure and realized that one
point always held me up. perhaps it would not have shown up otherwise. But I found it
very confusing that the different DTP related programs call and place the butons
differetly. In one case I almost lost my work. Well this trigered my little usability study.
Others are probably much more clued up, but perhaps my lines strike a cord and it
doesw good to all of us.
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">OpenOffice</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Save,</b> Discard, Cancel</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Sodipodi</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">No, Cancel, <b>Save </b></font>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Inkscape</font></p>
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Cancel, <b>Save</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">The Gimp</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Cancel, <b>Discard Changes</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">KIconEdit</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Yes</b>, No, Cancel</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Scribus</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Save now</b>, Cancel, Close
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Scribus</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>No, </b><span style="">Yes</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when save as on an existing doc
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Evolution</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Discard changes, Cancel, <b>Save</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a new mail</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Firefox</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Cancel, <b>Close all tabs</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing firefox with open
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">From the windoze world</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">CorelDraw</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Yes, </b><span style="">No,
Cancel</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Quark</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Yes,</b> No, Cancel</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">when closing a document</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">Word</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif"><b>Yes,</b> No Cancel</font></p>
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<p><font face="Luxi Serif, serif">(actually it came up with a run
time error and crashed first time round, surprise surprise...) when
closing a document</font></p>
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