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Revision as of 21:05, 4 September 2005
, 4 September 2005Let the user decide
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==== Reply by [[User:Xeen|xeen]] ==== | ==== Reply by [[User:Xeen|xeen]] ==== | ||
:Maybe then we should probably give them the info when starting their first download. However, I agree an alert box would suck, I'd be better if there'd be a "non disturbing" message, eg just text in the download mananger. Similar to the "popup blocking note" there'd be a message telling the user that this window can be closed without loosing his downloads. And how it can be brought up again. However, this shouldn't be a yellow bar that catches the users eye, rather than a short and neutral description (xul:label) that the user can read. If the text isn't disturbing we probably don't even need to care about how often to show or when to hide. The problem that one closes the window by accident who hasn't yet read the info is still there, but that could probably solved by adding a statusbar icon (like suggested) which shows a tooltip after closing. This however should only be done once, or maybe twice to not annoy advanced users. | :Maybe then we should probably give them the info when starting their first download. However, I agree an alert box would suck, I'd be better if there'd be a "non disturbing" message, eg just text in the download mananger. Similar to the "popup blocking note" there'd be a message telling the user that this window can be closed without loosing his downloads. And how it can be brought up again. However, this shouldn't be a yellow bar that catches the users eye, rather than a short and neutral description (xul:label) that the user can read. If the text isn't disturbing we probably don't even need to care about how often to show or when to hide. The problem that one closes the window by accident who hasn't yet read the info is still there, but that could probably solved by adding a statusbar icon (like suggested) which shows a tooltip after closing. This however should only be done once, or maybe twice to not annoy advanced users. | ||
== Comment from [[User:NicoleTedesco|Nicole Tedesco]] == | |||
There are as many solutions to this problem as there are user types. My experience tells me that it is best if the user chooses which to use--introduce the simplest solution possible to the base code then leave the rest to choosable extensions. (Of course, this begs the question of how to promote and manage extensions effectively...) | |||