client preferences

[Justin Binns]

One quick comment on the ellipses - they're a fairly common GUI-ism for
notifying the user that the menu item will lead to a dialog rather than
a direct action (i.e. 'Print' vs 'Print...').  In that sense, it might
make more sense to keep them.  Just a thought.

Justin


On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 08:01, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
> > > Looks good, here're my suggestions:
> > > 
> > > 1) try to use a general get(option) => Value, set(option, value),
> > > list_options() and see if that'll work. I know the type 
> > problems and 
> > > checking can get gross, but this will be more maintainable over time
> > 
> > I'll change that, shouldn't be a problem.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 2) remove unicast/multicast from menu, and enable audio/video
> > 
> > My reason to keep it here is to avoid getting a million users 
> > ask how to switch over to unicast when the menu item gets 
> > removed.  But I guess it is better to move them sooner rather 
> > than later.  Maybe add that as a shortcut icon on a toolbar later.  
> 
> That sounds reasonable, it'd be nice to figure out where we put shortcuts
> like this and perhaps have a couple for this release :-)
>  
> > > 3) move Manage My Node (without ...) to the top section.
> > 
> > Then I would like to remove "..." on every menu item.
> 
> Go for it, ellipses seem silly to me.
>  
> > > 4) remove "request a certificate" it's on the cert mgmt ui anyhow
> > > 
> > > should My Venues be on the Tools menu?
> > 
> > I would keep that as it is for now since My Venues can grow 
> > long and would probably look weird if it is placed as a 
> > second menu item under Tools.  
> > You can say that My Venues is a tool but it can also be 
> > viewed as a short cut that users should have easy access to 
> > (i.e. not hidden in sub menus).  
> > Every browser I've looked at has a separate 
> > bookmarks/favorites menu and since this is similar I would 
> > argue to keep it separate (not that they 
> > are right but I think it feels natural for people to have 
> > that).       
> 
> Good argument, I wouldn't move it given your thoughts.
> 
> --ivan 
> > Thank you for your comments
> > 
> > Susanne
> > 
> > 
>