Thanks for the example, Karl. I agree with you, that "enable" in every option is an overkill. Nonetheless from a usability perspective I think it is necessary to show the user the current status additionally. Cu, Martin On 26.02.2010, at 09:07, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
"Martin Schmidkunz" <Martin.Schmidkunz@gmx.de> writes:
The results show that it is more usable for webYaST to provide additional text providing the current status of a setting.
This reminds me. YaST dialogs are often rather chatty. For example, the word "Enable" in option labels is superfluous. Instead of
[ ] Enable Hot Sunny Weather
you better simply say:
[ ] Hot Sunny Weather
IMO, that especially true, if the title of such an option list comes with a group title featuring the "Enable" word, too:
Enable Fine Weather =================== [ ] Hot Sunny Weather [ ] With Wind Now and Then etc.
"Enable" in the group title might be ok, but repeating it with every option is overkill.
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