Re: Does anybody think feedback saying "nothing changed" is useful?
Thomas Arendsen Hein <[email protected]>
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* John P. Rouillard <[email protected]> [20170421 03:22]: > If all the changes are to quiet properties you see a message like: > > issue24 - nothing changed > > user2 - nothing changed > > Does anybody think these types of messages are useful? > > They are actually misleading. Things were changed. They just aren't > being shown to the user because the tracker designer said they > shouldn't be shown. > > I am planning on changing to code to eliminate the "nothing changed" > notification. As a result when a user submits a form where all the > properties are quiet, the form is redisplayed with no banner. Just as > though the form had been submitted with no changes. > > Does anybody have any thoughts? What about "issue 1234 updated ok" or something similar, i.e. just not displaying which properties have been saved, but confirming that something happened? Regards, Thomas -- Thomas Arendsen Hein <[email protected]> - OpenPGP key: 0x5BB3F5195816791A https://blogs.intevation.de/thomas/ - https://intevation.de/~thomas/ Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrueck - AG Osnabrueck, HR B 18998 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot