Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of PrefsUnification

Timestamp:

Dec 9, 2014, 11:53:30 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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PrefsUnification

@@ -12 +12 @@
 '''Computing allowed while the computer is in use'''
 
-This different creates confusion among volunteers.
+This difference creates confusion among volunteers.
 It would be good to unify the description of prefs between Web and GUI.
 
 The two approaches could be called "negative" (when not to compute)
 and "positive" (when to compute) respectively.
-
-Negative:
+The negative would read like:
 
 '''Compute all the time, except when the computer is in use, OR the CPU load is > .25,
 OR the time is  between 9:00 and 17:00.
 
-Positive:
+which in the positive approach would be:
 
 '''Compute whenever the computer is not in use AND the CPU load is < .25
@@ -30 +29 @@
 Which is clearer and more intuitive?
 It's kind of a toss-up, except that I think that it's more natural
-to express time-of-day and time-of-week prefs positively.
-That's how it's stored in the DB,
-and it would be a pain to invert it in the UI.
+to express time-of-day and day-of-week prefs positively.
+That's how they're stored in the DB,
+and it would be a pain to invert them in the UI.
 
 Whichever way we choose, we need to say things precisely.
@@ -39 +38 @@
  * It doesn't explicitly say whether computing is allowed when the computer is not in use.
  * Saying that computing is allowed whenever the computer is in use is not necessarily true;
-   other preferences might disallow computing.
+   other preferences might disallow computing then.
 
 More precise wording would be:
@@ -52 +51 @@
  * "Idle" means no mouse or keyboard input in last X minutes
 
-Negative prefs would look like:
+or expressed negatively:
  * Run tasks all the time except when
   * [x] the computer is on batteries (laptops only)