Reload options dialog text is confusing

Dan Steinicke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.osaf.design
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The "Reload options dialog" has the following text and controls:

------------------------ start existing 
dialog-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Your data repository was created by an incompatible version of Chandler."

<radio button> Would you like to remove all data and start with a fresh 
repository?
<radio button> Click on the link below to learn how to migrate your data 
and quit Chandler.

<link> Migration Directions

<button> Ok

------------------------- end existing dialog 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------



To me this dialog is confusing.  I expect radio button choices to be 
answers to a question, not questions themselves (as the first option 
is).  I just don't like the phrasing of the second option.  It seems 
that the most important point here is that you can quit without loosing 
data and I don't think that is very clearly stated.  I also don't like 
the idea that the user is expected to click 3 different things to 
proceed, (1)click the second option, (2) click the migration 
instructions link, (3) click Ok.

I would suggest something like this:

------------------------- start proposed dialog 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Your data repository was created by an incompatible version of Chandler. 

How would you like to proceed?"

<radio button> Remove all data and start with a empty repository?
<radio button> Quit without changing the repository data.
<radio button> Quit without changing the repository data and display 
instructions on how to migrate your data to the new Chandler version.

<button> Ok

------------------------- end proposed dialog 
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