[Bug 329185] Re: Inconsistent dialogs and modifiers on core ubuntu applications

[Charis Kouzinopoulos]

Is this still valid? Any work towards addressing these types of
inconsistency?

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Title:
   Inconsistent dialogs and modifiers on core ubuntu applications

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This issue actually effects Ubuntu historically and not just in
  Jaunty, but it's a pretty serious issue I think.

  When exiting an application, a dialog may appear giving you choices on
  how you would like to exit (Save / Discard / Cancel). These are
  handled inconsistently by the various core applications. Most
  troubling is that key modifiers (eg. ALT+C to choose "Cancel) are
  available, and therefore encouraged for these dialogs.

  This has led to a few accidents for me and I'm sure other users, and
  it forces the user to put a lot of thought into what should be a
  routine operating.

  Just to compare, look at this:

  Code:

  Application     Cancel Mod      Save Mod        Discard Mod

  Gimp		       C		        S		           N
  Gedit		       C		        A		           W
  OOo		        no modifier	        S		           D
  Evolution	               C		        S		           D

  You can see from above that each application has it's own way of
  handling this situation and no two are alike. This means that the
  user, even if familiar with the applications, has to read each message
  word for word. Personally, I wouldn't dare get used to a keyboard
  modifier shortcut in case I used the wrong one on the wrong
  application.

  Would it be possible to centrallize the location of these strings and
  their modifiers, in gconf for example? The applications could then
  retrieve them, ensuring consistency.

  See attachments for screenshots of the dialogs. Also see
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6728578#post6728578 for the
  original report (with better formatting!)

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