For 2.2: Moving Rescan Collection back?

Jeff Mitchell mitchell at kde.org
Sat Sep 26 17:45:56 CEST 2009


Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org> wrote:
>> Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>>>> Mark is right that it's a usability issue. Unfortunately, bad
>>>> discoverability is also a usability issue, and in this case I believe it
>>>> might be a more frustrating one for the end user -- if they had seen
>>>> Rescan Collection, it might have saved them from having to throw their
>>>> hands up and seek help. So we're caught between two instances of bad
>>>> usability, and a string freeze preventing us from fixing it.
>>> As I currently don't have a fix for the technical problems with update
>>> scanning, I'm not really in a position to complain. However, I'd like
>>> to suggest that we remove the usability workarounds again as soon as
>>> we have a grip on the technical problems.
>>>
>>> Temporary workarounds have a tendency of staying forever once they're
>>> in. Kinda like bad habits, or a nasty cough :)
>>>
>> Sure. I'll change the strings immediately after string freeze is over.
> 
> Which is not what I meant. I want it gone, nuked, wiped out. From space.

Oh. You said "temporary workarounds," which sounded like you considered
moving Rescan Collection back to the menu to be one.

I should point out that Rescan Collection itself is far from temporary
or a workaround...it's been there as long as I remember.  :-)

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