On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Epp, Jeremiah W (Contractor) <[email protected] > wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Philippe Mouawad [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 15:27 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Proposal for some changes in Menus > > > > Either we spend time on fixing it but IMO it is not worth the investment. > > > Is the issue really that bad? > No but I don't like "buggy features" :-) > > > I think having features that "partially work" in JMeter is not good for > the > > product reputation. > > > It's far better to have something janky that users might have a chance of > finding when they need it. > I think a bug in a feature does not help reputation of a product. > > And "need" isn't an exaggeration: Just yesterday, I was helping a > colleague debug something with JMeter and the font rendering was so bad, it > was basically unreadable; we couldn't even distinguish between lower- and > upper-case "i" until I switched LAF to something else. > > ...granted, X forwarding to a Windows workstation isn't a COMMON scenario, > but it was a real problem that I would NOT have solved if I had to dig into > a config file and change some option that may or may not even be documented > then restart the application. > Good to know it's helpful. > > > You will still be able to through properties. > > > Please, no, properties seriously suck. They're about as opaque as you can > possibly get for configuring a GUI application. They're basically a > non-mechanism from a user standpoint. > They will soon be fully documented. But I agree properties are not optimal > > This isn't to say it's not a problem-- I kept having to change the LAF > when we went to a different sampler yesterday, because it doesn't update > everything, so I know the problems you mentioned and they really don't lend > a polished feel to the option. > Happy to know I am not the only user to face it. In the future, please report any issue you face don't live with it . > > It's just, burying things in properties is a sure way to ensure the > options never even get used at all. > What do you think about my proposal to at least display a popup message to tell user to restart JMeter ? Of course best thing is to fix the bug. > > Regards, > Wyatt > > Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message transmission, including > any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged > information from Chemical Abstracts Service ("CAS"), a division of the > American Chemical Society ("ACS"). If you have received this transmission > in error, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of > the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please destroy all > copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying > to this message or calling 614-447-3600. > > -- Cordialement. Philippe Mouawad.
