Subject: [TS] Re: New PalmOS release: 0.4.2
From: Ben Darnell (bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 11:19:55 EST
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 04:28:19PM +0100, Christer Enfors wrote:
> Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu> writes:
>
> > > > ThoughtStream 0.4.2 for PalmOS is now available. This release is
> > > > basically an accumulation of small fixes. The desktop component has not
> > > > been changed; 20000108 is still the latest version.
> > >
> > > This is starting to look more and more promising. However, I know of
> > > atleast one serious bug that remains in this version:
> > >
> > > 1. I create my mind.
> > > 2. I create a child link (create new idea)
> > > 3. When at that idea, I tap the "H" button without having set my home
> > > idea, and I get a fatal exception.
> >
> > D'oh! I've fixed this now. Now it will give you a non-fatal message
> > telling you that you haven't set a home idea yet.
>
> Another thing: I went to the "base" of my mind "tree" if you
> understand what I mean, and selected "Set home idea". After this, I
> got the "You don't have a home idea set" message when I tapped the "H"
> button.
>
Yes; the problem here was that I got the check backwards. It gave you
the message if you have a home idea, and would only try to go there if
it didn't exist.
> > > Other than that, it looks good. Oh, and there should be a Cancel
> > > button on the New link form.
> >
> > I agree here, but there's some behind-the-scenes stuff that makes it
> > difficult to do a Cancel button which will do what the user expects.
> > When you do New/Link, the new link is created, then the details dialog
> > is invoked. I could put a cancel button on the details dialog, which
> > would undo the latest editing, but this cancel button would not undo the
> > creation of the idea, which is what the user presumably wants. Another
> > reason for the lack of a Cancel button is for consistency with the other
> > built-in apps, none of which use cancel buttons on their details
> > dialogs. I think perhaps a better way to do this is to have the details
> > dialog check to see if the target field is blank, and if so to delete
> > the idea. This is fairly simple to do and consistent with other apps.
>
> Hmm. Maybe "New/Link" shouldn't invoke the Details dialog, then? Maybe
> it would be better to make a separate dialog for "New/Link"?
I think I know how to handle this. I'll add a delete button as
suggested by Jack, and perhaps change the text of the button to 'Cancel'
if it is a new link
>
> Also, when you tap "New/Link" it would be useful if the Label field
> had a default value set to whatever you used for the Label field last
> time you tapped "New/Link".
I've got some ideas for reducing redundant text entry, but they're not
really high priority tasks yet.
-Ben
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