#13141: HaikuDepot - Add system requirement to HPKG packages
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Reporter: lelldorin | Owner: nobody
Type: | Status: reopened
enhancement | Milestone: R1
Priority: normal | Version: R1/Development
Component: - General | Keywords: haikudepot,hpkg,system requiroment
Resolution: | Blocking:
Blocked By: | Platform: All
Has a Patch: 0 |
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Comment (by pulkomandy):
If we do it that way, I would say stating it in the description, and
checking it at app startup, is enough. We try to avoid useless popup
windows. The rationale for this is two-fold:
- Beginner users are often afraid of such messages, and never sure what to
do. Is it safe to continue? Should I stop? Is it an error or just an info?
- When there are too much popup messages, experimented users train
themselves to ignore them and click the "ok" button without fully reading
the message.
For example in this situation, clicking the install button could result in
3 similar messages:
1) Request to select one of two possible dependencies (needs a decision)
2) Warning that some other packages will have to be updated or uninstalled
(possibly harmful)
3) Notice that the software needs some particular hardware (nothing to do,
just click ok)
If 3 happens often, people will get used to click ok, and when someday it
is 2 instead, they will click ok and only after doing it, realize their
mistake. So we should keep the popup for important cases only (2, maybe
1).
With this considered, I vote for leaving this in the package description
only.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/13141#comment:12>
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