1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Any ideas about how to improve MediaMonkey for Windows 4? Let us know!

Moderator: Gurus

markstuartwalker
Posts: 931
Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:10 am

1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Post by markstuartwalker »

Very minor point ...

When a device's auto sync list has been changed and you don't click "Apply" before navigating away from the tree node there is a prompt which says: "You have changed the settings for xxxxxx. Would you like to apply these changes?" and you are given "Apply" and "Cancel" buttons.

"Apply" applies the settings as you would expect.
"Cancel" does not cancel the navigation away from the node but actually discards the changes.

I think buttons should be renamed "Apply" and "Discard".

Additionally I'd like to see a new "Cancel" button that cancels the navigation movement any takes you back to the device configuration page.
Last edited by Lowlander on Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Moved to wishlist
Windows 7,8 / Ubuntu 13.10 / Mavericks 10.9 / iOS 7.1 / iTunes 11.1
iTunes plugin (d_itunes & itunes4) http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =2&t=45713
Running MM under Mac OS X with Wine http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=58507
Mizery_Made
Posts: 2283
Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:09 pm
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Re: 1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Post by Mizery_Made »

It's not asking if you want to "(cancel) your navigation away" though. It's asking if you want to "(cancel) your changes." I see nothing wrong here.
markstuartwalker
Posts: 931
Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:10 am

Re: 1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Post by markstuartwalker »

Lol, perhaps I've just been corrupted by iTunes that uses contrary terminology.

I'd still like to see 3 buttons

1. Applies the settings
2. Discards the settings
3. Reverts to the settings page to allow further modification

The third option isn't available at present.
Windows 7,8 / Ubuntu 13.10 / Mavericks 10.9 / iOS 7.1 / iTunes 11.1
iTunes plugin (d_itunes & itunes4) http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =2&t=45713
Running MM under Mac OS X with Wine http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=58507
Mizery_Made
Posts: 2283
Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:09 pm
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Re: 1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Post by Mizery_Made »

If it were to be changed to three buttons, then I suppose the options to "Would you like to apply the changes?" should be " Yes | No | Cancel" where Yes would apply the changes, no would 'discard' them and continue moving away, while Cancel would leave you there to continue editing.
markstuartwalker
Posts: 931
Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:10 am

Re: 1430: Apply and Cancel are misleading

Post by markstuartwalker »

... which is what iTunes does :-?
Windows 7,8 / Ubuntu 13.10 / Mavericks 10.9 / iOS 7.1 / iTunes 11.1
iTunes plugin (d_itunes & itunes4) http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =2&t=45713
Running MM under Mac OS X with Wine http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=58507
Post Reply