Re: Deja Dup UI Review

Hi,

this is just a quick idea that I just sketched. In a nutshell:

 - have text by the buttons explaining what they do; backups have a huge
potential for messing up the user's files, so adding the right
explanations here and there can be reassuring

 - use a combo box for selecting between profiles

 - the first time, disable the buttons and use a special text to guide
the user to create a profile, rather than having the buttons perform two
different tasks (launching a wizard and actually doing the
backup/restore) without any indication of which one they would do at a
particular time.

I am not sure that it makes that much sense to have this application
centred about the actions rather than the objects. A nautilus extension
makes a lot of sense; e.g. I go to my Documents folder and it informs me
that this particular folder is backed up in XYZ, and offers me the
option to sync it.


Regards,

Felipe

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