Confusing UI option regarding sync in modules

Bug #1261033 reported by Vadim Peretokin
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mudlet
Fix Released
Medium
Chris

Bug Description

A person was confused by the statement in the 'don't sync' label - they thought clicking it would stop syncing, not realizing the label would self-change. I suppose that is not a clever idea then if people are confused about it.

Changing the label not to change text and using the text "sync?" sounds like an option that is less confusing and the user in question agrees as well.

(23:18:24) AUser: Your Mudlet is annoying me...
(23:19:07) AUser: It doesn't want to save stuff to modules no matter what I do.
(23:21:10) AUser: Oh, nevermind, I see. Apparently the "don't sync' checkbox doesn't actually disable syncing if checked, like common sense would entail. It in fact enables it.
[...]
(06:04:40) AUser: It's a checkbox that changes its own label whenever checked/unchecked. A bit confusing.
[...]
(06:06:42) AUser: Yeah, but to me it was "obvious" that leaving "don't sync" unchecked would in fact make Mudlet save my stuff.
(06:06:47) AUser: It didn't. Lost a whole hour of code.

Revision history for this message
Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) wrote :

Desired solution: change label text to be a static and just say: "sync?". The tooltip will explain more to the users.

Chris (chrismudlet)
Changed in mudlet:
assignee: nobody → Chris (chrismudlet)
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in mudlet:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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