From: Kenzaburo I. <ke...@30...> - 2003-08-29 20:31:53
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1. Noted. I've wanted this myself. 2. Also noted. There's a quick proceeed option to bypass the messages in common places but I agree it's aggravating after you've used the app for more than 5 minutes. I think, besides errors, the only time you really need to post this type of message is if the resulting page might make it unclear that what you did actually occurred. > 1. Add the action taken on any bug to the email topic, i.e. instead of > getting emails like this: > > [MyProj 0000001]: severe bug > [MyProj 0000001]: severe bug > [MyProj 0000001]: severe bug > > you get something a little more informative: > > [MyProj 0000132 NEW]: severe bug > [MyProj 0000132 ASSIGNED]: severe bug > [MyProj 0000132 RESOLVED]: severe bug > <partly ranting> > 2. Those horrible "Operation successful. Click here to continue" dialogs > just have to go. They are absolutely useless. The only thing that's > needed are dialogs when things go _wrong_, not when they do as you > expect. > > Analogous, if you click "Send" when writing email, there's no point in > the email client popping up a "Mail sent successfully. Click OK to > continue" dialog. You will get all the feedback you need, which is when > the email could not be delivered. > > Useless dialogs are a real disease, there's just far too many of them. > Let's not make matters worse by including them in Mantis ;) > </partly> > > Cheers, > -- > Tarjei |