Ethereal-dev: Re: Re: Re: Re: [Ethereal-dev] "usability extensions"

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:49:54 -0700
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:36:59AM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Another approach would be to ask the user at program exit: "Do you
> really want to quit, some preferences are not saved?" or something that
> way.  With three buttons:
> 
> "Save": Save and exit program
> "Quit": Quit program without saving
> "Cancel": return to program and change nothing

That still strikes me as being a bit clumsy, and still doesn't draw a
distinction between permanent and temporary changes to protocol
preferences.

> To summarize the setting files (as currently on my windows machine),
> with the actions made, if I get you right:
> 
> cfilters (saved at program exit)

Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the filter-list-editing (or
filter construction) dialog.

> colorfilters (saved at program exit)

Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the "Add color to protocols"
dialog.

> dfilters (saved at program exit)

Or, alternatively, when you click "OK" in the filter-list-editing (or
filter construction) dialog.