Re: Interface design question

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From: Theodore W. Hall
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:21

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ian@ican.mlnet.com (Ian upright) wrote:
> If you were to double-click at the position of the '#' on the white
> graph background what would you expect to happen?
>
>   a) add point
>   b) nothing
>   c) open a dialog box

It depends on what choices the hypothetical dialog box would
offer.

I vote for (c) open a dialog box, assuming that there's some
use for a dialog.  If I wanted to (a) add a point, I would
click closer to the graph (within some tolerance), and then
maybe drag away.

On the other hand, if there's no function for the dialog other
than "add a point", then I suppose you might as well go ahead
and add it (without a dialog), IFF you provide an "undo" for
those who didn't expect that action.  Users will quickly learn
what to expect, and won't want to be bothered with a "yes/no"
dialog box all the time.

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