Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of PrefsUnification


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Dec 2, 2014, 5:14:07 PM (9 years ago)
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  • PrefsUnification

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    11= Unifying Web and GUI Prefs =
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    3 Currently the Web and GUI preferences interfaces
    4 control the same set of prefs
     3Currently the Web and GUI prefs interfaces control the same set of prefs
    54(with some exceptions, see below)
    6 but describe them differently, which creates confusion among volunteers.
     5but describe them differently.
    76For example, web prefs say
    87
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    1312'''Computing allowed while the computer is in use'''
    1413
    15 These could be called "negative" (when not to compute)
     14This different creates confusion among volunteers.
     15It would be good to unify the description of prefs between Web and GUI.
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     17The two approaches could be called "negative" (when not to compute)
    1618and "positive" (when to compute) respectively.
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    2527
    2628Which is clearer and more intuitive?
    27 It's kind of a toss-up, except that I think that it's slightly more natural
     29It's kind of a toss-up, except that I think that it's more natural
    2830to express time-of-day and time-of-week prefs positively.
    2931That's how it's stored in the DB,
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    3133So I lean slightly toward positive.
    3234
    33 whichever way we choose, we need to say things precisely.
     35Whichever way we choose, we need to say things precisely.
    3436The current GUI wording (positive) is imprecise in two ways:
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