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Jan Henning wrote:
>"Apply" begs the question "what to what"? Am I applying something to
>the record? What? Am I applying the record to something? To what?
Apply is standard UI jargon for "commit the changes I made without
closing the window". It's fairly ubiquitous.
>the possibility of confusion alone seems to make "Save" a better
>choice.
I've never seen Save used where it doesn't also close the window, and
it's most commonly used in file dialogs. I think Save is out of place
here.
This appears to me as a problem that has already been solved in
countless UIs. I'd say stick with common, known usage.
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