On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Henrik Bohre<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Luis!
>
>> * it would be nice if there were better feedback when you drag and
>> drop to create the dependency.
>
> Drop targets are displayed as bold when hovering over them. Do you have any
> specific ideas on how to improve the feedback?

I meant after the drop. The first time I dropped I thought that
nothing had happened, because when I dropped it the action went back
to where it started, and then nothing else happened for some time,
probably less than a second but long enough to make me think the drag
had failed.

I really don't know what is possible to do immediately (which is when
it needs to happen) so I'm afraid I don't have any decent suggestions-
maybe just ensure that the action doesn't return to the original
location, but immediately vanishes? maybe the 'thinking' spinning icon
should come up?

>> * that said, I haven't used drag/drop since I did my initial cleanup
>> of tasks, so I wouldn't focus your time/energy too much on drag/drop.
>> :)
>
> Actually DnD is my favorite way to add dependencies, so I am interested to
> hear any improvement suggestions.

Hrm, interesting. I wonder why the difference. Do you find the
autocomplete awkward/too slow/too hard to remember the titles of the
other actions?

>> * deleting dependencies (using the 'X' marked 'Remove the successor')
>> doesn't seem to work here (ffox 3.5, windows XP)
>
> This makes me wonder if  you use the latest version. I applied Reinier's
> patch that should enable this function. I have experienced some problems
> with the javascript updates, so it might need a manual refresh in some
> cases.

Ah, this is the patches from yesterday? I have not upgraded, am using
code from 48-72 hours ago. Apologies.

[upgraded now]

So, I guess I assumed that the X deleted the dependency, rather than
making it return; now that I understand the behavior it makes more
sense. Maybe using language other than 'remove'? (But admittedly I
don't have a good suggestion on that right now.) A couple notes on it:

* before the patch, there was some explanatory text when you hovered
over the X. This seems to be broken now?
* when I hit the X on the main page, the successor action is removed
from the preceding action but doesn't show up again until a refresh,
so it looks like it was deleted. This works as expected in the project
view- weird.

Luis
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