[Bugs] #2988 UNSP: When closing an unnammed activity, have option to erase it

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#2988: When  closing an unnammed activity, have option to erase it
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    Reporter:  HoboPrimate                |          Owner:  garycmartin                
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  design                     |        Version:  0.92.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Fedora                     |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by sascha_silbe):

 This has been [https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-
 devel/2009-January/thread.html#10925 argued about] before. And while there
 should be some way to discard the changes, it must not be a different
 choice inside the exit dialog, but rather as an explicit action within the
 main UI. The standard confirmation dialog on exit from most applications
 gets this horribly wrong. Allow me to cite from my own thesis:

 > One of the steps on the path to more usable computer systems is
 preserving previous work done by the user. Current systems completely fail
 to serve the need of their users. The best example for it is the infamous
 confirmation dialog box which appears when closing an application that has
 unsaved changes (see fig. 1.1):
 > A dialogue is triggered which asks the user to clarify her intent.
 > The question boils down to the destruction of either the old or the new
 version of the document. Although the wording of the dialogue improved
 [[http://www.yes-no-cancel.co.uk/2007/07/19/yes-no-cancel-causes-aspirin-
 sales-to-soar/ Kle07]], the underlying problem remains unsolved -- keeping
 the wrong version occurs frequently
 [[http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081226062554AAZIk7o
 Ans09],[http://www.google.com/search?q=recover+unsaved&btnG=Search
 Goo10]].

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