[Design] Auto-Export Collection and Settings Dialog

[Heikki Toivonen]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>> I downloaded the latest end-user trunk build and I noticed the new
>>> 'Automatically export your collections and settings so you can migrat=
e'
>>> dialog. It popped up when I tried to quit Chandler.
>>>
>>> The pop-up felt a little out of place.
>>
>> I believe that is the safest place for it. And if you check the never
>> ask again box, you won't see that dialog again.
>=20
> I'm not confident that we have the user's attention when the dialog pop=
s
> up. It appears out of context. It possible that it pops up before the
> user has even entered any data.

You mean a user starts Chandler for the first time (or with fresh repo),
does not do anything, then quits? I don't think it is such a big deal in
that case. Or have you seen it in some other situation?

>>> Perhaps instead, we should change the 'Export Collections and
>>> Settings...' menu item to an 'Upgrade...' menu item that pops up the
>>> following dialog:
>>
>> Unfortunately that won't work as well as the current system;
>> specifically it breaks in cases where multiple users use the same
>> Chandler on a system (administrator can upgrade chandler and leave use=
rs
>> unable to migrate their data). It also breaks in a case where a single=

>> user uses Chandler occasionally, then stops using it for a while,
>> notices an upgrade and installs it before migrating their old data.
>=20
> The 'Your data is incompatible with this version of Chandler' dialog
> addresses this issue, no?

No. If there is no old Chandler installation on the computer, you can't
migrate.

> I agree that the real solution is automatic updates. A way to prompt
> users to update when a new version of Chandler is available.

That does not cover multi-user systems, so it can only be advisory.

--=20
  Heikki Toivonen


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