[Sigia-l] Defeated by Orthodoxy, again

[Stephen Collins]

I'm calling bulls*#t on crazy Uncle Jakob on this one.  He may be out  
of touch, but he's not stupid.  There's no way in the known universe  
that this dialog beat him.

I'll agree that the popup dialog would have been better had an  
obvious exit or confirm settings point, but it seems pretty obvious  
to me that with the "Show options dialog" checkbox filled, what  
you're getting is a set of additional options for the "Save As".   
They're being shown in a floated popup, sure, but it's more than  
obvious that they belong contextually to the parent and that they are  
options for the Save action.  It's not terribly difficult.

I'll also concede that overall, the design could have been better in  
linking the two boxes.  Hell, in almost every design there's  
*something* that could have been better.

So, in violent agreement with you, Ziya.

Steve
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