[Geany] file changed notifications

[Enrico Tröger]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:03:06 +1100, Gordon Wrigley
<gordon.wrigley at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'd like to discuss the possibility of changing to a non modal prompt
>for file change notification. I would prefer a system like gedits, I
>couldn't find a screenshot of this but for those without access to
>gedit it is comparable to the handling of popups and passwords in
>newer versions of firefox.

So far, the count is 2 vs 1 votes :).

I totally don't like those, whatever it is called, bars. At least not
for important things and especially not when user input is needed
(reload? yes/no).

I saw these things only once or twice in Gedit but I know them from
Firefox and it's really annoying. I remember the first few times I just
didn't realise them at all and wondered why Firefox isn't asking
anymore whether I want to save the entered password.

Such bars may be ok for informational messages or notices but
definitely not for warnings or questions with user feedback.

In case of the 'Do you want to reload' dialog when a file has changed,
this should be modal as it doesn't make much sense when you already
have typed 5 other lines in the file and then you notice 'oh, there is
a box asking me to reload the file'.
I personally would consider using another software in such a case. The
main intention of this dialog is not to annoy users (although during
the last days it actually did, sorry :D) but the dialog should warn
users and prevent possible data loss by overwriting external changes.

Regards,
Enrico

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