On 11/26/2014 02:03 PM, Josef Reidinger wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:54:37 +0100
> Ancor Gonzalez Sosa <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/26/2014 09:27 AM, Josef Reidinger wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:48:41 +0100
>>> Ancor Gonzalez Sosa <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   c) Server is running and “start when booting” is not marked
>>>>      Ask the user if they would like to stop the server now.
>>>>      If they decide to keep it running, reload the server.
>>>
>>> Why? If server running then simply reload it. Or do you think it is
>>> common use case to run old server and wait with reload to next boot?
>>
>> That's exactly the point which started the whole usability discussion.
>> Currently when you configure the server as disabled ("manually" radio
>> button) and you click "ok", the running server is stopped. We got a
>> bug report about it and I agree is unexpected to me. But turns out
>> that is implemented in that way to meet expectations from some users.
>>
>> So the point in (c) is not whether to keep server running with the old
>> configuration (as you can see in (b) that's never an option). The
>> point is whether disabling should mean stopping the currently running
>> service.
>>
> 
> I am probably not common user. If I uncheck "start server during boot",
> then I really do not except to stop already running service.

Neither do I. Neither do the QA guys according to
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QeVFspHYGMPtEZtkVkOO_WsoEoTNrtIlDvyLOJkqrTE/edit#gid=0

But that was the implemented behaviour. And it was by user request.

The good point about Ken's proposal is that it does not only target
common user (let's assume for a while that we can consider ourselves as
such) but it tries to target all users (even those with a strange
mindset that leaded us to this point).

>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> As you may guess from my comments I do not prefer to ask user to
>>> something unless it is really critical like that computer will
>>> explode or if beer getting warm.
>>
>> I'd normally agree. But the problem with this approach is that several
>> fields and field combinations has proved to be understood in different
>> ways by different users. Ken's solution was to add extra checks. I
>> think it makes sense even if I usually dislike pop-ups.
> 
> Still I think we maybe just need to separate action buttons ( like
> start/stop service ) from configuration options ( like start during
> boot ). This should help with confusion without pop-ups.

Do you mean in a completely different section (with "section" I mean
those at the left like "start-up" or "forwarders")?

Would it be an option to add them in the same row that other actions
like "cancel" or "ok"?


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Ancor González Sosa
YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH
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