Re: usability of the wwwoffle web configurator

Micha <[email protected]> writes:

> Yes i remeber it was discussed before, but isn't usability just
> something that has to be reviewed from time to time ?
> 
> Whenever i ad a URL to the config using the web configurator,
> i note 2 things:
> 
> 1) we have to issue a config re-reading; but wouldn't it be also 
> convenient to make automatic re-read the default ? To me, this would
> be just intuitivly. And what is the point in stalling it - if i'm going to make 
> multiple changes then it still would be desireable to instantly see, after 
> each change, if the syntax was correct....no ?

The syntax is checked before the entry is made to the file.  Try
making a change and have a look, you should get an error message (for
example try setting a Boolean value to something other than the
allowed values (yes, no, 0, 1, true, false)).

Re-reading the file is another issue.  I think that I am coming round
to this idea, but I haven't jumped and made the change yet.

> 2) but that's only a style question, an option to forego the comment 
> inserted for each modification ( (# WWWOFFLE Configuration Edit ...)
> I use to delete those because the file's long enough anyway. 
> Yes I see the point in control/debug info. 
> But can't that decision be left to the admin ?

If you use the configuration web pages a lot I see that it could be
annoying.  Personally I tend to use them sometimes, but mostly I edit
the config by hand.

-- 
Andrew.
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