6 minutes ago, Stephen Bloch wrote: > > On Aug 13, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > >>> Because this whole thread started with someone who was confused > >>> by the > >>> existence of this selection. > >> > >> No, I think it was someone who was confused by the absence of an > >> easy, almost-certainly-correct default. > > > > "They [...] were presented 5 different options for downloading > > DrRacket for Mac". > > Yes, but was one of them clearly distinguished from the rest, to > indicate "this is probably what you want"?
Yes, by being the first -- which is the same as things are now -- which is why I bothered with trying to make it less visible. > >> I agree with the suggestion that the button text should say which > >> version it thinks is correct, so you can tell immediately if it's > >> wrong. If the user selects something different in the combo box, > >> the button text should change to match it. > > > > It will be too long, see earlier reply. > > That occurred to me. I don't know how much trouble it would be to > generate "short forms" of each of the possible names. That's hard for some of these names. See the full list on that same combo box. -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev