Hello Peter

> On Mar 1, 2016, at 2:52 AM, Peter B <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Ubuntu 14.04 SOGo nightlies (currently 3.0.1.20160229-1) running with about 
> half-a-dozen production users in a testing phase.
> 
> Observation more than anything else - got frustrated users who keep missing 
> the "Save" icon in prefs in the Web UI because they think they've already 
> saved by clicking "save" in whatever preferences dialog they've used.
> 
> Example, filters (sieve editing). If you add/edit a filter, you get a dialog 
> with a "save" button, but after clicking "save" in the dialog you must also 
> click the "save" icon in the top-right corner. It's somewhat 
> counter-intuitive, and there's no warning if you're about to lose settings 
> you've just changed (i.e. a popup along the lines of "exit this screen 
> without saving changes?").
> 
> I understand the reasons behind this, but even knowing full well how it works 
> it's caught me out a couple of times. Users really just don't get it.
> 
> Initially I get user calls along the lines of "I changed this or that but it 
> still doesn't work". Then I tell them to check the preference they changed - 
> did it save it? "Oh, it's back how it was before I changed it..!" Having 
> explained to frustrated users I generally get the response "but why do I have 
> to click save twice?" or "but I already clicked save, why didn't it save it 
> then?". Even having explained it to them they make the same mistake again a 
> couple of days later......
> 
> Admittedly it's a small user sample but maybe there should be at least an 
> "exit without saving?" style dialog or perhaps simply save-as-you-go (feels 
> like there's a general move to "save as you go" on Android - no save button 
> anywhere, perhaps that's why my users are confused!).

I agree. In the meantime, I modified the dialogs in the preferences module so 
it doesn't mention "Save" but simply "OK".


Francis
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