Re: Unified appearance of comments and history

Völker Ronny <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:46:55 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.scarab.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Mick Semb Wever wrote:
> a) it's a little unclear whether the first column is new value or 
>original value. Is it from->to or to<-from ?

I didn't want to put column headers at the top of each and every activity set.
The order is usually to<-from. But I think you have noticed that. ;)
However, if it's the initial value of an attribute, the full with is used for the new value, because there is no original value.
I thought, this is especially useful for long-text attributes.
We could add headers at the top of the first activity set.

>b) the two columns are often of different widths making the page a 
>little awkward at times: you don't immediately spot the from -> to layout 
>of the page.

Hm, there are width-attributes (in pct) for each column. So the relative width should always be the same. Do you have an example?
There is no visual border between two columns, though.

>c) in each activity set header can the date come first?
>to me this makes more sense as the rows are sorted by date and I'm used 
>to reading lists with the "item number" being first.

Yes, makes sense, we can try it out.

> d) on the comments tab, the comments are still very jammed up tight. 
>That is they have lost their margin/padding.

There is a pre-element missing. I'll fix it.

Additionally you get a NPE if you view the full history of your sample issue. I'll check this too.

Thanks for the fix of the migration script.

Ronny