On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:

> As currently written, we can fail before we get the localized strings.
> Also, there is very little chance that all of the current locales will get
> updated.  Some locales are already missing strings.
>
>
I thought you mentioned that you are embedding en_US in the app?


> I considered replacing the privacy notice with an error message, but it
> looks like the code will still call the abort tracker, so I ruled out that
> idea.
>
>
Not sure what the error message label and abort tracker have to do with
each other?  Also, if the installation failed, we should track it, right?


> Right now I'm leaning towards auto-displaying the log.
>
>
What is the point of auto-displaying the log if the locales are not
downloaded yet?  The console log will not have any useful error message.
At least, showing a hardcoded message in en_US might give users some clue
as to what happened.

Thanks,
Om



> -Alex
>
> On 3/10/14 10:58 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I am not a big fan of flashing buttons or changing color of a button.  How
> >about a simple line at the bottom that says: "Something went wrong.
> >Installation aborted.  Check Console Log for more details".
> >
> >This should be simple enough to be translated into all locales we support.
> >And the error messages displayed in the console log already are locale
> >specific.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Om
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I've injected US english text into the "Install Log" and "Close" buttons
> >> because if we fail early enough, we haven't pulled in the localized
> >> strings, so changing to red is a valid choice.
> >>
> >> Auto-displaying the log is also an option.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Alex
> >>
> >> On 3/10/14 10:20 AM, "Lee Burrows" <subscripti...@leeburrows.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >When i ran installer the first time, buttons had no labels so i dont
> >> >think text colour change would be sufficient.
> >> >
> >> >As a quickie solution, rather than an alert, how about opening the log
> >> >window after an error? That's where the error message currently
> >>appears.
> >> >
> >> >On 10/03/2014 17:08, Alex Harui wrote:
> >> >> As I've been adding more fault tolerance, it has become apparent to
> >>me
> >> >> that the UI isn't set up to tell you that you got an error.  There
> >>is no
> >> >> obvious place to display an error.  Should we popup an Alert?  Blink
> >>the
> >> >> "Install Log" button?  Change the text color for "Install Log" to
> >>red?
> >> >>
> >> >> I think I'm going to try blinking.  I tried red, but didn't like it.
> >> >>Then
> >> >> we don't have to localize the strings in an Alert.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thoughts?
> >> >> -Alex
> >> >>
> >> >> On 3/10/14 12:51 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" <maurice.amsel...@systar.com
> >
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I agree.
> >> >>> Let's take the time to fix and test installer 3.0.
> >> >>> And release 4.12 now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> >>> De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de
> >> >>>OmPrakash
> >> >>> Muppirala
> >> >>> Envoyé : lundi 10 mars 2014 07:34
> >> >>> À : dev@flex.apache.org
> >> >>> Objet : Re: [DISCUSS] Discuss Release Apache Flex SDK Installer 3.0
> >>-
> >> >>>RC6
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mar 9, 2014 10:14 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On 3/9/14 10:06 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com>
> >> >>>>wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> Lee's issue sounds pretty serious to me.  If you are up for it, I
> >> >>>>> think
> >> >>> an
> >> >>>>> RC7 is worth it.
> >> >>>> It is serious, if there's an error fetching that file.  By
> >> >>>> recommending RC7, are you also recommending that we announce SDK
> >> >>>>4.12.0
> >> >>>> now?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> I guess.  We probably don't want to delay 4.12 anymore.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Unless someone wants to take up my fight ;-)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Om
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> -Alex
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Lee Burrows
> >> >ActionScripter
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

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