On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 20:13 -0400, Michael Terry wrote: > http://live.gnome.org/DejaDup/Mission
> http://live.gnome.org/DejaDup/Screenshots > Above and beyond a review of how the current UI could be > improved/redesigned, I'd like thoughts on a feature request I keep > getting. Basically, people want backup profiles (being able to backup > potentially different data to different locations on different > schedules). I've been struggling with how to offer such functionality > without making the UI much busier/complicated and would love > suggestions. This is bound to be in conflict with "Even the smallest barrier can be too much for a casual user.". If it was a simple back-up-now without scheduling, profiles could be created implicitly. But with scheduling, creating profiles must be explicit. There has to be Delete and there should likely be Disable. If I had several backup profiles scheduled, I would want to have an overview of their scheduling rules and when they will run next. I think this calls for a table with columns for at least Schedule and Profile Name. Other column candidates would be []Enable, Configure and Delete. Theoretically, you could put all the stuff directly into the table. Of course you could use a detail pane, but then you need item selection. How very far from just 2 buttons. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
