On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:01:08PM +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > It would be to hide away any settings and just have one button marked as > > 'Start Download', the progress bar and statistics just below the bar. If > > there is a problem downloading the file the interface should expand and > > reveal the settings that are used at the moment on the current page and > > have a button marked 'Retry Download'. Once you click retry download the > > settings could just hide away again. > Is it just me or is there an obsession of late with hiding things from > the user? :)
Well, there are a number of things - - Firstly, the user shouldn't be presented with information they aren't likely to understand, although they should be able to get to it if they really want it - The user shouldn't be asked questions that they probably won't know how to answer correctly The whole splitfile "hiding" thing is basically about trying to do things as close to the way the browser authors intended within the constraints that we have. Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20021219/30fd2189/attachment.pgp>
