andreone Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hello, Two suggestions regarding the "user experience": 1. Replace modal dialogs with modeless ones. Modeless dialogs are very much user friendly IMO. This would ease maintenance of jobs and increase the overall usability of the application: - ability to edit several jobs and modify/compare them - modify a job while installing others - ... 2. Context menu entries should only be disabled when the job is currently updating, otherwise it should remain fully available. Again, this would make Ketarin easier to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 I agree on both of these. Note that the "variables" window will need the title bar adjusted to include the appname. I've tried running two instances in order to compare jobs and what I learned was - folks, don't do that. Changes made to the second instance before closing it were lost to the first instance. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floele Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 1. I cannot and will not replace all modal dialogs with modeless ones. Eventually, you'll run into a shitload of problems if you let the user do more things at once than would be good for him/her. For now, I will add the possibility to edit multiple apps at once. 2. I will relax some items, but again, I can't allow everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreone Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Fair enough. I think Edit and Install dialogs are the best candidate about modeless behavior. Regarding the menu items, those I miss the most are Update and Open File: I don't like waiting Anyway, thanks for considering the proposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Sorry for ignorance but what is modeless dialog? Maybe that suits me too, show some screenies if available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreone Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 A modal dialog box blocks the interaction with other windows. A modeless dialog box doesn't. Or a more complete definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 (edited) Thanks. Edit and Install are the one's that nag me the most as well. Lol Edited October 21, 2010 by josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floele Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 You could also fay modeless = floating or something like that. I don't like the word "modal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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