SV: Want to go offline?

>> I'm from time to time having problems with the connectivity to one of the
>> repositories that I'm using.
>> I would propose to add a "Try again"-button to the "Want to go
>> offline?"-dialog.
> One of the potential issues is with intermittent failures:
> You cannot just retry be issuing the same request a second time.

Would it be possible to pass some kind of information to the "Want to go offline?" dialog about what dialog that it has been invoked from? In that case the dialog could be informed about whether "Try again" or "Cancel" was pressed when the "Want to go offline?" dialog was closed, and the handeling could be implemented in the calling dialog. (And if no error handeling is possible/sensible in a certain case, this could be passed to the "Want to go offline?" dialog as well so that the "Try again" button can be hidden.)
 
That is: Pressing "Try again" would be functionally equivalent to pressing <ESC>-<F5> in the case of the log dialog.

> On the other hand, the <ESC>-<F5> sequence should be quick enough not to
> disturb the workflow - provided that accelerators have been defined properly

Yes they are defined correctly. And I admit it's not that hard. But on the other hand it's not that obvious what to do if you aren't a power user. I imagine many users would end up repeatedly doing: "Cancel", close log dialog, right click file/folder "TortoiseSVN"->"Show Log" which is rather long winded.
 
> Plus you get a proper error message in case you care what went wrong.

That would be nice if it could be added to the "Want to go offline?" dialog as well. The nature of the error might influence your decision on whether to go "offline" or not.
 
Hans-Emil

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Received on 2009-04-21 08:08:32 CEST