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- They can delete what they are working on.
- They can move what they are working on to a drafts folder to complete later
- They can sign off and complete what they are working on.
Current: preferred example
Close Button Popup
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- I wanted to avoid the word 'save'. Some people may assume save is the final step.
- Move to drafts, suggests it will be stored in the drafts area to come back to later
- I also didn't want a button that said 'save' on screen beside a button that read 'sign'. People may misinterpret the save button as something they have to click along the way..when in fact they only have to click it when they want to move this to drafts
Sign & submitadd allergy
- not sure what the right terms here are
- In medicine, one speaks of 'signing their orders' or 'signing a document'. Sign is the right word.
- the second word after sign is based on the document being created.
- What is the other best word to suggest things are done: submit? complete? Ideally we can find a word that works across orders, actions, documents, etc. Submit I think is used generally across online sites to suggest something is complete and being sent to the server.
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Table of ways out of something
Scenario | Close Button | Close button popup messageOptions | Move to drafts button | Sign & submit button | Comments.... |
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add new allergy | Close | Do you want to save this new allergy?
| Move to drafts | Sign & add new allergy | |
update old allergy | Close | Do you want to save your changes?
| Move to drafts | Sign & update allergy | |
delete allergy | Close | Do you want to save your changes?
| Move to drafts | Delete existing allergy | |
add new order | Close | Do you want to save this new order
| Sign & add new order | ||
update order | Close | Do you want to save your changes?
| Sign & update order | ||
delete order | Close | Delete existing order | |||
add new note | Close | Do you wan to save this new note?
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update note | Close | Do you want to save your changes?
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delete note | Close | Do you want to | Delete existing note |
NOTE: if the close button is pressed in any scenario, and the user hasn't yet added anything to the form; automatically close the file without prompting the close message.
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Old close message options
Delete
Move to drafts
Save updates to drafts
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Other / Older examples