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Locked Re: Decoder Pro problems

 

I personally like the terminology as it is. It is clear and concise. Changing it would just complicate matters for the thousands of users who already have learned to navigate the system.?
And, imho, there are far more pressing things for the developers to spend their voluntary time on.?
Thank you to all who have put so much time and effort into this awesome product.

Tom Wilson
Colorado Springs, CO


On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 3:42 PM Bob Jacobsen <rgj1927@... wrote:


> On Jan 4, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Peter Ross <peterr@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you Bob, that has been quite helpful. For example, based on using the Help explanations, why not put "Recover data from the decoder" instead of "Read changes on sheet¡±?

Because that¡¯s not what it does. Your phrase hasn¡¯t captured that it¡¯s only ¡°recover(ing)¡± _some_ of the data, and which data will be recovered.

> And something like, "Write only what has changed" instead of "Write changes on sheet¡±.

Because that¡¯s not what it does. It only writes what was changed _on_this_sheet_.? Changes that have been made on other sheets are not written by that button.? There is another button, which uses the word ¡°all¡± for those. You also made it longer by changing ¡°changes¡± to ¡°only what was changed¡±.? Maybe ¡°changes" is too short, so "changed values" might do, but ¡°what was changed¡± is verbose and ¡°only¡± is redundant:? _Everything_ only does what it does.

> Likewise, "Read all from the decoder" instead of "Read changes on all sheets¡±?

Because that¡¯s not what it does. It only reads what was _changed_.?

> And, "Write all to the decoder"?
> So (within the limitations of this text format), we could have (note preamble to each row of buttons):
> "For CVs on this pane only: Recover values from decoder/Write changes to decoder/Read all from decoder/Write all to decoder."
> "For the entire range of CVs: Recover values from decoder/Write changes to decoder/Read all from decoder/Write all to decoder.¡±

What¡¯s the difference between ¡°recover¡± and ¡°read¡±?? Perhaps I¡¯m not understanding some change in how the program works that you¡¯re proposing. (I¡¯m also not sure what ¡°entire range of CVs¡± means:? What range? The visible things on the page are variables, not CVs:? They may or may not correspond to a particular set of CVs that appear on other pages too)

In general, it¡¯s less confusing if a button says what it does.? Having two buttons with exactly the same language right over each other that do different things is not generally viewed as quick & easy to understand:

Necktie? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Put On]? ? [Take Off]
All Clothes? ? ? ? ? ? ?[Put On]? ? [Take Off]

Which button do I press when I get on the bus home? (.c.f one of my favorite Farside cartoons about UI design: )

Bob

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Bob Jacobsen
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