Bug#99652: dialog boxes confusing - active choice not clear
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 12:28:50PM -0700, David Whedon wrote:
> >
> > Another alternative might be to put some sort of indicator under the
> > active choice, like '^', '*****', or '---^---', etc.
> >
> I don't know how to easily implement this with libnewt (the windowing library
> boot-floppies uses).
>
> An easy option which may or may not be any better is to not use the 'compact'
> version of buttons for yes/no boxes. An example of this can be found here:
>
> http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/yesno_proposed.png
>
> for reference this is what the box looks like now:
> http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/yesno_current.png
>
>
> Comments?
"I think it's a good idea". Do we have any serious space issues with
this? I don't remember any.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer
Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team
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