Am 28.11.2010 00:58, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > Georg Brandl wrote: >> Am 27.11.2010 23:11, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > >>> I wasn't able to find a comment bubble that contained anything, so I >>> don't know what sort of information you expect them to contain -- every >>> one I tried said "0 comments". >> >> Maybe you should have tried the page I recommended as a demo, and where Nick >> made his comments? :) > > Aha! I never would have guessed that the bubbles are clickable -- I > thought you just moused-over them and they showed static comments put > there by the developers, part of the documentation itself. I didn't > realise that it was for users to add spam^W comments to the page. With > that perspective, I need to rethink. > > Yes, I failed to fully read the instructions you sent, or understand > them. That's what users do -- they don't read your instructions, and > they misunderstand them. If your UI isn't easily discoverable, users > will not be able to use it, and will be frustrated and annoyed. The user > is always right, even when they're doing it wrong *wink*
That's right, of course. I really come to the conclusion that having a text link that "looks like" a link, i.e. is underlined, will have a better UI experience (since we cannot put notes "click bubble to comment" everywhere). >>> But it seems to me that comments are superfluous, if not actively harmful: >> >> (I've not read anything about harmful below. Was that just FUD?) > > Lowering accessibility to parts of the documentation is what I was > talking about when I said "actively harmful". But now that I have better > understanding of what the comment system is actually for, I have to rethink. Thanks! Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
