Friday, April 18, 2008

Use of confirm dialogs in GUI......What do u prefer a Menu or a pop up dialog in a default case??

Consider a scenario in which u want to inform user that some thing is going to happen when he plays around with GUI..say User is filling an online application form and when hes done with that he wants to click one of three buttons Submit , Cancel , Reset ....


No issues with Submit/Cancel buttons as their actions are trivial...
In case of Reset button... Reset button entire application form is reset and all info he entered will be lost ...So what if he clicks it by mistake...So when ever this kind of scenario is there...its always gud to open a confirm dialog and according to yes/no choice of user , form should be reset / do nothing...




Out of box ,... another idea is if a case is default and if u want user to confirm what hes doing prefer a Dialog and if he has multiple actions then only go for Menu...

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