Re: [Rails-devel] Game Options

[Brett L. <wak...@gm...>]

On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 23:33 +0200, Erik Vos wrote:
> > > OK, I had missed that point: you want a user allow to skip 
> > the game options
> > > part.
> > > Fair enough.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Yes.  They're called "options" because they're optional. Otherwise
> > they'd be called "requirements" or "dependencies".  ;-)
>  
> Hmm, yes, so I guess you'll understand why I have always found "Options"
> a somewhat confusing name for that whole class...  :-)
>  


Good point.  Perhaps we should refactor that class name to something a
little more meaningful. 



> > > 
> > > OK, although the last to items can be skipped IMO: why not 
> > let OK start the
> > > game?
> > 
> > 
> > We don't start the game with OK because the user may not be finished
> > setting up their game. If I want to select my game options, then enter
> > in the players names, that needs to be just as valid as 
> > entering player
> > names then selecting game options.
> > 
> > This is why I'd prefer to keep these things all in the same window.
> > Changing the dialog (or having an extra dialog) isn't at all necessary
> > and causes more problems with the UI than it solves.
> 
> OK, I'll try to change it that way one of these days.
> 
> First the functionality, then the beautification.


That's fine.  If I get a chance, I can also do it myself. :-)



 ---Brett.


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