Brad Stiles wrote:
>> I have just tried to get a non-technical user to install and use
>> Subversion. Although she was okay using the software, there were two
>> serious and easily fixable problems with installing it. This is a
>> report for the first of the two.
>
>> Please untick "show changelog" by default in the final screen of the
>
> A preference you don't like is not a bug. I prefer that box to be
> checked by default, since I've taken the time to understand what a
> change log is, and find its contents useful.
>
> So, Stefan, if you change it, I will file a "bug" report to change it
> back to *my* preference. :)
This isn't a matter of preference, it's a user interface problem. If
you want the theory of it, it goes to the principle of least
astonishment - a user that has never heard of a changelog before would
be less astonished by not having one thrown at them without their
specifically asking for it. A user that specifically wants a changelog
would not be at all astonished by having to ask for one, although they
would be slightly inconvenienced.
If changelogs by default are that important to advanced users, how about
enabling it only for reinstalls, or having a registry setting to
remember the setting from the previous install? That way, you'd only
have to tick the box once ever, then forget about it.
- Andrew
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Received on 2008-12-19 07:03:07 CET