[haiku-development] Re: various problems with current developer head
- From: Jessica Hamilton <jessica.l.hamilton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:33:59 +1300
On 18 January 2015 at 01:48, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17/01/2015 11:53, Adrien Destugues wrote:
>>>> What looks
>>>> like a status bar is actually a menu.
>>>
>>> You mean the menu entry which is in the main menu bar and just happens to
>>> be right-aligned? It looks like a status bar?! I thought it was a clever
>>> way to not waste any space with the login features. I realize menu entries
>>> are usually not used dynamically like this, except when you think about
>>> BMenuFields, perhaps. I’ve also had feedback that this interface was a
>>> clever idea. Has there been more feedback that users don’t get it that I am
>>> not aware of? Also, I wonder why one even needs to notice the „Logged out“
>>> entry. Since when you try to rate a package, it automatically makes you log
>>> in. And that is the only situation in which you need to be logged in for.
>>> So why does it even need to be more obvious?
>>
>> It's labelled with a status message ("logged out" or "logged in as …"),
>> while it is actually a menu. So the label doesn't hint to the possible
>> actions.
>>
>> That doesn't mean it is wrong or that there is a better solution (I
>> can't think of one at least), but it's nonstandard.
>>
>
> Maybe it should be made different by some tint?
The easiest solution is to change it to active voice, using "login"
rather than "logged out".
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