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Three design principles provide a way to eliminate confirmation dialog boxes. The best way is to obey the simple dictum: Do, don’t ask.
有3个设计原则告诉我们如何消除确认对话框，最好的方式是遵循简单的格言，即做，不要问。
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The confirmation dialog stops the proceedings, demands an answer, and it won’t leave until it gets what it wants.
确认对话框停下来，要求用户回答问题，直到得到答案才会消失。
3.
Dismissing confirmations thus becomes as routine as issuing them.
因此关闭确认对话框和发起确认对话框一样成为例行公事。
4.
When you return to the Properties dialog box, click OK.
当你回到“属性”对话框，点击“确认”按钮。
5.
Confirmations always come from the program and never from the user.
确认对话框总是来自程序，而不是用户。
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Dialog boxes (confirmation dialogs in particular) ask questions. Toolbars offer choices.
对话框（特别是确认对话框）是提问，工具栏是提供选择。
7.
Never use transitory dialogs as error messages or confirmations.
绝不要用临时对话框作为错误信息框或确认信息框。
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With proper design, these dialogs can all but be eliminated.
如果设计得当，这些对话框几乎可以完全消除。
9.
Closing this dialog box without saving your changes will delete this step. Are you sure you want to close this dialog box (and delete this step)?
不保存所作的更改就关闭本对话框将删除此步骤。确实要关闭本对话框（并删除此步骤）吗？
10.
(In the Device Options dialog box, make sure the Available Printer Memory is accurate.) 115 455
(在“设备选项”对话框中，确认可用的打印机内存是否精确。) 115 455
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Like error dialogs, alerts and confirmations stop the proceedings, often with idiocy. Alerts and confirmations do not report malfunctions.
和错误对话框一样，警告和确认对话框也停止了进度，但同样愚蠢的是它们也常常不报告故障。
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Clear the Enable Hibernation check box and click OK.
取消“启用休眠”复选框，点击“确认”按钮。
13.
Confirm when saving new file~~Displays the Save As dialog box when saving new file.
保存新文件时确认~~当保存新文件时显示“另存为”对话框。
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Figure 11-3: Here is a horrible confirmation box that stops the proceedings with idiocy.
图11-3 这是一个可怕的确认对话框，愚蠢地中止程序的进行。
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When a confirmation box is issued routinely, users get used to approving it routinely.
当例行公事地发起确认对话框时，用户也习惯性地批准。
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Confirmations get written into software when a programmer arrives at an impasse in her coding.
当程序员在编码陷入僵局时，就在软件中创建一个确认对话框。
17.
Do your users a favor and never create another confirmation dialog box.
请为你的用户做点好事，不要再创建另外的确认对话框了。
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The confirmation in Figure 25-6 is an excellent specimen of this species. There is no reason whatsoever to ask for confirmation of a move to the Recycle Bin.
图25-6中的确认对话框是极好的例子，没有任何理由要确认文件到回收站的移动。