Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] "usability extensions"

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From: Khachaturov Vassilii <Vassilii.Khachaturov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 09:22:26 -0400 
> 3. Currently the settings of filters, colorizing and such 
> will simply be discarded at program exit,
> if not explicitly saved by the user. This is very confusing 
> for (at least) windows users.
> It can be very annoying, if you have set your preferences as 
> you like, and after reopen ethereal,
> your settings have gone, because you didn't saved them (as I 
> would expect that this is done 
> automatically by pressing the OK button).
> But - as I'm not very familiar with unix programs - this 
> could be intentional.

I don't mind getting an extra reminder before the exit about the 
unsaved preferences, but I want to be able to apply one-time 
colorization/filter prefs and then exit without remembering them.

The other 2 items sound fine to me as they are.

V.