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Old style dialog windows/buttons (in particular "End Now" confirmation dialog)

Submitted by Dubya on January 22, 2009 to Annoyance, Legacy

Every now and again we are still coming across old (pre-xp) style dialog boxes and other popups (especially the confirmation buttons), like for example the End Task confirmation dialog box. Time to get rid of these for good, isn't it?

Get rid of all these pre-xp style bits!

Low

Low

Not fixed

Discussion (6 comments)

fiji wrote on January 22, 2009, 10:53pm

The title is kinda vague. Change it to something like Old End Program Dialog Box.

Dubya wrote on January 22, 2009, 10:56pm

Changed title from [Old style appearances] to [Old style dialog windows (in particular "End Now" confirmation dialog)].

hoopla_punta wrote on January 23, 2009, 10:51am

actually, i'd 0 this, cause this a basic shell window and should not have any aero effects so there's no lag to make it appear. However if its possible it would be good.

Ensign Joe wrote on January 23, 2009, 11:31am

"cause this a basic shell window and should not have any aero effects" why not?! +1!

.Chris wrote on January 23, 2009, 4:48pm

Still have glass though. so it DOES have aero effects.

Just create that new pro-skin and have it be used here!

Thunderbuck wrote on January 28, 2009, 7:08pm

Long overdue. If this isn't on the team's agenda it should be. +1

Mephiles wrote on March 10, 2009, 9:35pm

It would be less scary for the user if this was fixed.

Dubya wrote on March 11, 2009, 8:36am

Changed title from [Old style dialog windows (in particular "End Now" confirmation dialog)] to [Old style dialog windows/buttons (in particular "End Now" confirmation dialog)].
Changed problem description.

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