On May 17, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Bryan Stearns wrote:
As I see it, the problem with doing "?" for valid times that don't fit the end-time-must-be-after-start-time rule is that the follow- on behavior can be confusing: the user might ignore the question mark, or might change another time field and be surprised when the previously-entered-but-rule-breaking time gets spontaneously replaced. There's a serious risk here of exchanging one confusing behavior for another.
I'm not sure I'm following. Isn't this the case whenever we throw up the "?" because the user enters an invalid date? Or am I introducing a new case with my proposal?
Also, this hasn't been mentioned yet: we've talked before about replacing the four-pane time/date-entry widgets with something more sophisticated - that's certainly an option post-Preview, and this adds fuel to that fire; if we're going to do that, reworking this now is a bad investment.
Yes, the date/time entry widget might change. But that might not happen until after 1.0? It might also make a great community project. I guess what I'm saying is that what we do for Preview will most likely stick around for a while.
Is throwing up the "?" in this case more of an investment than option #2? If so, then by all means, let's go with Dan's suggestion.
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