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Re: [Patch] setup.exe - no skip/keep option buggyness
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Keener" <bkeener@thesoftwaresource.com>
>
> Just to throw my two cents worth in - I kind of like the keep/skip and
the spin
> control. The keep/skip makes perfect sense to me - I have a package
listed in
> the installed column of choose and I select keep - I want to keep that
version
> installed. I have nothing displayed in the installed column - I
select skip -
> I still want nothing installed, in my way of thinking. I would not
select
> "keep" if I had nothing of that package installed anyways. I am not
saying you
> should ever have both options, that is a definite no-no but one or the
other in
> the right cases makes seems right to me. I would/could select "skip"
if I did
> have the package installed and it would make sense but I think if
something is
> installed then "keep" really makes better sense. It is still all
semantics -
> ultimately behind the scenes they accomplish the same thing, but we do
need to
> think of the clarity for the novice.
Well, behind the scenes they are treated differently right now - one is
ACTION_foo, one is ACTION_SAME_foo.
As for labels, skip in both cases makes intuitive sense to me.
nothing installed - skip this package.
something installed - skip changing this package.
> As to the spin control, I like it - but everyone elses discontent with
it makes
> me ask - what do you envision in its place - I might like that better.
A drop-down box. Why?
two reasons.
1) spin controls are hard for non-mouse users to control. And there's
nothing for a screen reader to read out in terms of options, other than
spinning around.
2) I would love to be able to go straight to the version I want, and to
use keyboard controls completely within choose.cc...
Rob