[MPlayer-dev-eng] The GUI and the configuration files

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 02:16:21PM +0200, Ingo Brückl wrote:
> Reimar Döffinger wrote on Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:26:54 +0200:
> 
> >> 1. (now) Don't store settings automatically. Only store them (explicitly) in
> >>    the GUI's configuration dialog.
> 
> > Though what do you mean by "explicitly"?
> 
> I'm thinking of adding a "save" button to "ok" and "cancel" (and asking after
> pressing just "ok" whether it should be stored or only used temporarily).
> This is how I'd like settings - preserved until I explicitly allow a change.

Hm. I tend to find those kind of question rather annoying with all the clicking,
but then that's probably the reason I avoid GUIs in general.
Only adding a "save" button seems like a rather bad idea, it's too easy to
forget to click.
I guess having ok, cancel and save & close might work, but I don't really
have a clue about GUI design.