Mimi Yin wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote: >> Mimi Yin wrote: >>> I downloaded the latest end-user trunk build and I noticed the new >>> 'Automatically export your collections and settings so you can migrat= e' >>> dialog. It popped up when I tried to quit Chandler. >>> >>> The pop-up felt a little out of place. >> >> I believe that is the safest place for it. And if you check the never >> ask again box, you won't see that dialog again. >=20 > I'm not confident that we have the user's attention when the dialog pop= s > up. It appears out of context. It possible that it pops up before the > user has even entered any data.
You mean a user starts Chandler for the first time (or with fresh repo), does not do anything, then quits? I don't think it is such a big deal in that case. Or have you seen it in some other situation? >>> Perhaps instead, we should change the 'Export Collections and >>> Settings...' menu item to an 'Upgrade...' menu item that pops up the >>> following dialog: >> >> Unfortunately that won't work as well as the current system; >> specifically it breaks in cases where multiple users use the same >> Chandler on a system (administrator can upgrade chandler and leave use= rs >> unable to migrate their data). It also breaks in a case where a single= >> user uses Chandler occasionally, then stops using it for a while, >> notices an upgrade and installs it before migrating their old data. >=20 > The 'Your data is incompatible with this version of Chandler' dialog > addresses this issue, no? No. If there is no old Chandler installation on the computer, you can't migrate. > I agree that the real solution is automatic updates. A way to prompt > users to update when a new version of Chandler is available. That does not cover multi-user systems, so it can only be advisory. --=20 Heikki Toivonen
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