Bogdan Butnaru wrote on 09/06/08 11:38: > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Just a nitpick: "Pause" doesn't seem like a very bright concept to me. >> What do you want to achieve with such a button ?
My design doesn't include a "Pause" button. You may be looking at some of the alternative designs posted in the Comments section. >> If you just want to prioritize your downloads, how about a "Wait" >> button, which would pause the download until the other ones are >> finished ? > > That doesn't sound bad at all. It might be good to be even more > verbose, like "Wait for other operations" or "Finish others first". > Maybe even "Pause until others are done", heh. I think the "Do First" button does what you're looking for here. > On the other hand, I do sometimes want to just pause a file operation, > even if no other is in progress; for example, if I start a big copy-op > from/to a remote drive, I might want to pause it, do something that > needs the bandwidth (e.g., show somebody some photos, etc.) and then > resume the operation. In this case, stopping it and restarting can be > much harder. >... As I explained in my reply to Liam R E Quin, that would mean adding a third button for each task, and I'd rather avoid that if possible. Cheers -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
