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Re: Commit Results Dialog UI Suggestion

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-10-19 12:44:11 CEST

On 10/19/06, Nathan Kidd <nathan-svn@spicycrypto.ca> wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
> > Nathan Kidd wrote:
> >> I suggest that if the commit fails for some reason[1] the behaviour
> >> should be changed to:
> >> Dialog title: "TortoiseSVN Commit... Failed!"
> >> Status line: none
> >
> > Now I realise you are only referring to the dialog box title and the
> > summary status line below the main list. I agree these are slightly
> > misleading, even though the error message is shown in red.
>
> My mail was prompted by a 1.2.4 user not even seeing the red because
> auto-scrolling wasn't implemented then. 1.4 (or maybe since 1.3) is way
> better because it forcibly auto-scrolls to the bottom on error (plus the
> big honking error sound). But in the case of, say, a colour-blind user
> with speakers turned off (hey, new acronym, CBUSTO!), the suggested
> change would remove any ambiguity, and for regular users remove a
> smaller one.
>
> (I can see Stefan's face now: "What!? The UI is now designed around
> CBUSTOs?")

Interesting: how do you picture my face? :) I usually take great
efforts to avoid pictures taken from me whenever I see someone with a
camera. I'm an ugly person and I don't like to see pictures of me - so
why should others?

Besides that: the feature request is a good one.
Can someone please file an issue about this?

Stefan

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