[Kde-games-devel] Statusbar messages in KPatience

[Frederik Schwarzer]

On Wednesday 22 April 2009 17:36:44 Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Frederik Schwarzer wrote:
> > in KPatience there are status bar messages to tell the user that
> > - This game can still be won! Good luck to you.
> > - Nope, this game cannot be won anymore.
> > - Timeout while playing - unknown if it can be won
> > - This game is lost.
> > 
> > Isn't that a bit too much?
> 
> Well, three of them are distinct states, and the fourth means we don't 
> know which state we are in.
> 
> > Besides that the difference between the 2nd and the 4th message is no
> > difference at all from the user perspective 
> 
> I guess I don't get that. The second says "there is no sequence of moves 
> you can make at this point and still win". The fourth says "there are no 
> more moves you can make".

Ah, I see. However. The user has only one way to continue: redo until the
game is solvable again and try another way.


Regards