On Sunday, 13 September, 2009, at 10:00PM, "Adrian Buehlmann" <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote:
>>> Why don't you try it before making a decision? >> Hehe, well I will, but I can't do that now, from home. I know very well how >> the current tip version looks, though, as I am responsible for its >> deployment at work, so it's not like I am guessing wildly. But I'll look at >> it tomorrow :) > >I really fail to see what's so funny here. Sorry. I found it slightly funny that you reacted like that on general critique of part of a design idea. It's nok like I made any final decisions, I just said that, while I didn't actually see the result, I don't think I will like it, from the description. I am not talking about how the new tab looks, but just that fact that there is going to be a new tab with these things in them. No matter if the contents of the tab looks awesome, I find the idea of adding a tab with the reverse "primary-secondary" ordering than the other tabs in the same view, a bit problematic. >As a general note, sticking with the status quo is sure >a somewhat "save" option. But once you have used some >odd UI for a long time, you begin to view it as the >norm. And the current UI is really odd. Sure, it's not optimal in all respects, but I do kind of like it mostly. But I am not arguing we shouldn't change it, just commenting on a particular change. >So I would try to see it with a bit more relaxed >viewpoint, instead of trying to view everything >with your old glasses. ...... >One point I can say is that these checkmarked options >are rarely changed by users. Having these taking up that much >space in such a prominent place like near the status bar >is something that has annoyed me for quite some time. >Which isn't an argument against your rejection, for sure. I agree, although I do turn on and off unknown files quite a lot, but rarely anything else. But then why not a menu? Sure you would need to go there six times to change everything, but there could be an entry for the default set, for instance, and people won't change things very often. >But why are these checkmarks on the bottom? They affect >something above them, no? And they affect only the left >side, but they look like they would affect everything >above. Yes, but they are at least not grouped with other things that have a different scope. But yes, their placement is not good, I agree. >As an argument, I could say we could add more information >into that new page of the notebook you say you don't want >(because it doesn't fit into the existing pages there). Yes, I am concerned with the change of scope mostly, not the information we could have there. More (potential) information is a good thing :) >For example, we could list the number of files for each >category (currently, you don't know if there are "unknown" >files if you have disabled the "?"). > >Another argument is, I've made it the first tab. I think >it's not that odd to have some settings/options in the first >tab and then some info in later ones. No, choices in the file list generally affect the tabs to the right (although hunk selection goes both ways), wereas this would be the other way around. >The only options left I currently see is the menu (which I >already said why it is bad), the status quo -- which >is horrible in my book. Or yet another dialog. Yes, a dialog is no good either. I like the menu... maybe.. I would have to see it, I think. >But that, honestly, seems a bit ridiculous to me, given >the possibilities we have with using the notebook >on the right. Again, I don't doubt the fortunes of the notebook, but its context. I'll look at it tomorrow, though, to come up with a posterior oppinion. /Sune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
