Hello Pablo, A major rework of the snapshot feature is currently being worked on, so this sort of discussion should probably best be continued after it is finished.
Regards, Michael Pablo Sanchez wrote: > On Monday 30 July 2007 at 6:34 am, Dmitry A. Kuminov penned > about "Re: [vbox-users] How Do You Merge Snapshots?" > >> Anyway, thank you for the feedback. We are working on making the >> Snapshot UI easier to understand. > > Hi Dmitry, > > I've kept this thread in my VirtualBox inbox because I've always > wanted to revisit how VirtualBox handles Snapshots. I believe there > is room for improvement and I'd like to present some ideas below. > > I welcome all VirtualBox users to comment because together, I think we > can come up with an excellent set of suggestions. > > For this example, let's assume the following state of affairs: > > Snapshot 1 > +---> Snapshot 2 > +---> Current State > > and our VM is currently paused. > > Summary of Changes > ================== > For those folks who don't want to read all the details, here are > suggested menu label changes for Snapshots: > > Menu Labels > Current Suggested > ---------------------------------- ----------------------------- > Revert to Current Snapshot Revert to Current State > > Discard Current Snapshot and State Discard Current State and the > Previous Snapshot > > Discard Snapshot Merge Current State with the > Previous Snapshot > > Use Case with Comments > ====================== > What I'd like to do is run through a scenario and provide the feedback > at distinct steps. > > Use Case > -------- > If I select 'Current State', I'm allowed three options: > > 1) Revert to Current Snapshot > 2) Discard Current Snapshot and State > 3) Take Snapshot > > If you select 1), it means any changes to the VM from when the > 'Current State' was snapped, will be lost. We revert to when the > Snapshot was taken. > > Feedback > -------- > I think the menu label 'Revert to Current Snapshot' should be changed > to > > Revert to Current State > > Use Case (cont) > --------------- > If you select 2) (Discard Current Snapshot and State), we end up with: > > Snapshot 1 > +---> Current State > > Feedback > -------- > I believe to match what's being displayed in the tree, it might make > sense to change 'Discard Current Snapshot and State' to: > > Discard Current State and the Previous Snapshot > > It's a subtle difference but it ties the menu item with the graphical > label. Also, it works well with the next suggestion below. (Or I > think it it does! <g>). > > Use Case (cont) > --------------- > Re-create my previous environment, I have the following: > > Snapshot 1 > +---> Snapshot 2 > +---> Current State > > If I select 'Snapshot 2', I have one option: > > Discard Snapshot > > When I select it, I end up with this: > > Snapshot 1 > +---> Current State (changed) > > What's happened is the 'Current State' has been merged with > 'Snapshot 2': any changes made in 'Current State' are rolled into > 'Snapshot 2', with the results creating a new 'Current State (changed). > > Feedback > -------- > I believe the option label needs to be re-written. The label does not > reflect what happened. > > I suggest the label be changed from 'Discard Snapshot' to: > > Merge Current State with Previous Snapshot _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
