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#51 Service tabs have confusing labels

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2005-12-09
2005-12-08
Wart
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Steps to reproduce:

1) Connect to an instance of the Steering Service, such
as the one on 131.215.112.190
2) When prompted, choose "Open in same window"
3) Look at the new tab label

Expected result:

A useful label appears, such as "Steering"

Observed result:

"SSClient" appears. This has no meaning to the user.
The name of the service should appear somewhere in this
label.

Discussion

  • Wart

    Wart - 2005-12-08

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    An additional confusion on the tabs is that the 'x' button
    to close the tab only shows up when the tab is active, or
    when the mouse moves over the tab. My preference would be
    to always show the 'x' button.

     
  • Ahsan Ikram

    Ahsan Ikram - 2005-12-09
    • status: open --> open-accepted
     
  • Ahsan Ikram

    Ahsan Ikram - 2005-12-09

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    Frank suggested that the label should be the name of the
    class so that if there are multiple plugins for steering
    service user can differentiate on the basis of their class
    names. I will, however, replace the label from class names
    to the corresponding properties file entry.

     
  • Wart

    Wart - 2005-12-09

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    The class name isn't meaninful to the user. It would be
    better to define a "getTitle()" method in the plugin
    interface that returns the label that should appear in the
    UI, or, as you suggest, using a property in the plugin
    config file.

     

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