There is an easy way of telling the user what each colour means. Commonly know as a 'key'. :P
> -----Original Message----- > From: devl-admin at freenetproject.org [mailto:devl-admin at freenetproject.org] > On Behalf Of Matthew Toseland > Sent: 20 December 2002 01:53 > To: devl at freenetproject.org > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] SplitFileRequestServlet > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:48:20PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > > > > I disagree. The information "failed, retrying" is essentially the > same as > > > > "trying" - at least for the average user. Not even I care whether > has > > > > already been retried. I want to see it failed or succeeded (though I > prefer > > > > succeeded :). > > > It is relevant if you are trying to estimate how far it has got. Isn't > > > it? > > > > It would give the user more accurate information about what is > > happening and therefore give them a better ability to determine > > progress, however the question is whether a newbie a) would understand > Your scheme requires the newbie to learn or figure out that the yellow > section is redundant, and the only clue they get is the color. This is > no different. If they are quite clearly shades of the same color, where > is the harm? > > or b) cares about that kind of detail. > > > > I say no. If someone wants that kind of detail, let them use the expert > > view. > What if the expert wants a compact view? > > > > Ian. > > > > -- > > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ > > -- > Matthew Toseland > toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > amphibian at users.sourceforge.net > Freenet/Coldstore open source hacker. > Employed full time by Freenet Project Inc. from 11/9/02 to 11/1/03 > http://freenetproject.org/ _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
