Subject: Re: 0.9.3 blocker -- more close vs. exit testing needed
From: Mike Johnson (dev_randjohnson@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Sep 01 2001 - 14:57:44 CDT
On 01 Sep 2001 10:55:53 -0700, Paul Rohr wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 2. test it
> -----------
> Since our current belief is that most people will prefer the new "don't exit
> on close" behavior, we need to make sure that it Just Works, too. Until we
> get to that point, I'd encourage all developers to use AbiWord in that mode.
> If we're not willing to eat our own dog food here, we shouldn't foist it
> off on our users.
>
> Specifically, I'd like to *strongly* encourage the many many advocates of
> this new behavior to build a CVS version and test it thoroughly NOW to make
> sure the implementation feels flawless to you, too. Lots of emails and
> abstract ideas are no substitute for seeing how the user experience actually
> feels in real life.
>
> For example, I just checked in a fix for one glitch that I'm shocked that
> nobody complained about:
>
> http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/01/September/0025.html
>
> Also, I'm still not thrilled with the net effect when you close an existing,
> untitled, empty document. What do *you* think should happen in this case?
> (I think we should definitely exit, but perhaps that's my "die, die" bias.)
> Currently, all that happens is the document number gets bumped up by one,
> which is very very weird.
>
> I'm afraid that there may be more such glitches, and we should definitely
> iron them out so the feature, as a whole, really does Just Work.
> Paul
Hi Paul,
I really like how this works -- and your patch and the subsequent
flicker fix.
But... After a few closes and random typing, I suddenly could no longer
enter letters.
- Mike Johnson
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