Ezra Pound
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I think changing it now will confuse the users
[webif] Web interface
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Black Hole
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Mulling it over I wondered about a traffic light system - we already have green "Dec" and amber "Enc", we could also have a red "Loc".
Confuse users? How much more confusing would it be than having "Enc" meaning "you can't decrypt this yet" instead of "this is encrypted"? A few people have fallen into that trap.
Confuse users? How much more confusing would it be than having "Enc" meaning "you can't decrypt this yet" instead of "this is encrypted"? A few people have fallen into that trap.
Black Hole
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Sometimes the right path isn't the popular one.
Black Hole
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Hurrah! At least somebody sees my point.
The only saving grace for not correcting it.
Of course it's broke! It's just not us who broke it. I would have expected a fellow tech author to recognise the difficulty.
Alright alright, I'll stand down. I maintain it is not at all intuitive.
Black Hole
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Ha! (don't jump, this is just banter now - I recognise a lost cause)
The faults in many user interfaces (that term includes application forms and procedures, etc) are often because the teams involved have adapted to illogical situations, and keep the status quo with all the overhead of newcomers struggling, instead of taking a one-off hit and making the UI more logical and comprehensible - ie intuitive (less need for instructions). Individuals already indoctrinated have no incentive to change, therefore veto an improvement programme as change for change sake.
Sometimes changes are change for change sake, or badly designed with good intention. That gives improvement programmes a bad name.
The faults in many user interfaces (that term includes application forms and procedures, etc) are often because the teams involved have adapted to illogical situations, and keep the status quo with all the overhead of newcomers struggling, instead of taking a one-off hit and making the UI more logical and comprehensible - ie intuitive (less need for instructions). Individuals already indoctrinated have no incentive to change, therefore veto an improvement programme as change for change sake.
Sometimes changes are change for change sake, or badly designed with good intention. That gives improvement programmes a bad name.
Ezra Pound
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Why have you left it this long before requesting the change? If ‘ENC’ is wrong it has been wrong for months / Years, How about proposing a more logical ‘Metric Time’ system based on 10 / 100 Mins. per hour and 10 hours in a day, it’s more logical than 60 Mins. and 24 Hours and I’m sure the World wouldn’t mind the the inconvenience of this ‘one-off hit’ solution 
Ezra Pound
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Oh no.... Don't light the touch paper...
You're right, I think I'll bow out now before the inevitable reply comes
Black Hole
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Because flashes of genius are not deterministic.
So speaks Black Hole, a legend in his own mind.
Black Hole
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Tee hee. I should have found an emoticon for 'facetious'. BTW, I think your spell checker substituted the wrong word (from one leg-end to another).
No, I've never had the need for a spell checker so there was no substitution.
Black Hole
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I can't work out whether either of us is being serious
