Why are there no Cancel buttons?
Bug #387935 reported by
Kriston Rehberg
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
System-wide there are preferences panels, options panels, and dialog boxes that do not have Cancel buttons. So many times I have accidentally changed a preference and did not know how to set it back to its original state. Naturally there would be a Cancel button to press but GNOME removed them several versions ago. I assume clicking the "close" box on the window does a "cancel" but some windows do not have "x" boxes on them, either. Why have a useless "Apply" button but not also have a useful "Cancel" button? Did a user interface study really think that Cancel buttons are unnecessary?
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| David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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| Kriston Rehberg (me-kriston) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | hundredpapercuts → gnome-desktop |
| Changed in gnome-desktop: | |
| status: | Invalid → New |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-desktop (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote | #4 |
| affects: | gnome-desktop → gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in gnome-desktop (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Won't Fix |
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"Add cancel buttons system wide" is much too large to be considered a paper cut (not a trivially fixable usability bug).
If you really think adding cancel buttons would improve usability, I suggest creating a blueprint, and taking screenshots of all of the dialogs you think would be improved with cancel buttons, and explaining why adding cancel buttons makes each dialog more usable.