Hi Heikki,
My feeling is that the pop-up we have now won't solve the scenarios
you're describing either.
Presumably, admins and users alike will run into the 'Export'
instructions when they go to the File>>Upgrade... menu item to check
to see if a new version of Chandler has been released?
Will we be able to automatically migrate data from version to version
in the future?
Mimi
On Nov 19, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:
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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