dialog box
noun
: a window (see window sense 10) on a computer screen for choosing options or inputting information
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Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: First, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened.
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Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: first, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024
Dave Plummer, a former developer at Microsoft, recounted the interesting tale of how the Format drive dialog box was created all those years ago in a post on X over the weekend.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Watch on The Macintosh also provided a user interface toolbox for application developers, enabling applications to have a standard look and feel by using common interface widgets such as buttons, menus, fonts, dialog boxes and windows.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
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Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: first, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024
Dave Plummer, a former developer at Microsoft, recounted the interesting tale of how the Format drive dialog box was created all those years ago in a post on X over the weekend.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Watch on The Macintosh also provided a user interface toolbox for application developers, enabling applications to have a standard look and feel by using common interface widgets such as buttons, menus, fonts, dialog boxes and windows.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Dialog box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialog%20box. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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