0006929: "Is it Ok to cancel these changes" message is confusing to newcomers

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Severity

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Date Submitted

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0006929

[Squeak] Morphic

text

always

02-16-08 02:04

02-16-08 02:08

Reporter

matthewf

View Status

public

Assigned To

Priority

normal

Resolution

open

Status

new

Product Version

Summary

0006929: "Is it Ok to cancel these changes" message is confusing to newcomers

Description

Squeak asks the question:
'Changes have not been saved. Is it OK to cancel those changes? [Yes] [No]'
The more common way to ask such a question is:
'There are unsaved changes. Would you like to save now? [Save] [Discard] [Cancel]'

Additional Information

The confirmation is in up to four places, depending on the image version:
PluggableTextMorph>>promptForCancel
OBClosableDefinitionPanel>>aboutToChange
CCodeHolder>>okToChange
StringHolderView>>promptForCancel

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0006688

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matthewf

Mother of Poor/Missing Baloon Help Issues

Notes
(0011817 - 293 - 329 - 613 - 613 - 613 - 613) matthewf 02-16-08 02:05 edited on: 02-16-08 02:25	The string is translated, so changing it maybe needs to be done in the translation text rather than in the code, to preserve translations. the etoys translation for the string is at: https://dev.laptop.org/translate/en/etoys/translate.html?translate=1&view=1&pofilename=etoys.po&item=2600 [^]

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
02-16-08 02:04	matthewf	New Issue
02-16-08 02:04	matthewf	Status	new => assigned
02-16-08 02:04	matthewf	Assigned To	=> KenCausey
02-16-08 02:05	matthewf	Note Added: 0011817
02-16-08 02:05	matthewf	Relationship added	child of 0006688
02-16-08 02:08	matthewf	Assigned To	KenCausey =>
02-16-08 02:08	matthewf	Status	assigned => new
02-16-08 02:08	matthewf	Category	Any => Morphic
02-16-08 02:25	matthewf	Note Edited: 0011817

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