On Saturday 28 June 2003 08:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> These messages are to be displayed instead of the current ones if the user
> choses the simple mode of the mainport.  They are pretty simple and direct
> without going in "yo dawg" mode ;)
>
> DNF:
> remove the the htl input box, and on all attempts except the last one say:
> "Freenet couldn't find the data.  Retrying..."
> after the last attempt say:
> "Freenet couldn't find the data.  Try again later."
Please don't remove the input box, just say 'you don't have to mess with 
this'.

> RNF: remove the number of nodes attempted, contacted, etc.
Again, why not just 'you don't have to worry about this'?
> A) with succesful connections:
> "The network is busy, please try again later"
> B) without any succesful connection:
> "Couldn't connect to the network.  Are you sure you have configured Freenet
> correctly?"
Also, 'Are you sure you're online?'

> Filter warning: remove the mimetype description, or at least not display it
> in the header.  Also leave only the options "retreive anyway" and "return
> to gateway page", and display only the second sentence of the warning.
Gr. All of that is very useful to those who know what to do with it. Perhaps 
just explain each option?

Frankly, these changes make it feel like Windows. Perhaps we could have 
'newbie'/'advanced' modes, or just say 'you don't need to know what this 
means'.
-- 
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        - Douglas Adams
Nick Tarleton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - PGP key available

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