[Kde-games-devel] KPat Progress and Regressions

[Ian Wadham]

On Sunday 22 November 2009 7:02:07 pm Parker Coates wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 22:58, Parker Coates wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 14:22, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> >> On November 12, 2009, Parker Coates wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 18:41, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> >>>> i also wonder why "change game type" is under settings; it would seem
> >>>> to fit better under "Game"?
> >>>
> >>> The "why" is because that menu entry replaced the old submenu that
> >>> listed the game types. I agree that it should be moved to the game
> >>> menu, but have never gotten around to it.
> >>
> >> cool :)
> >>
> >>> I think I'd also like to put
> >>> it in the toolbar (as it's an oft used action), but the lack a good
> >>> icon has stopped me.
> >>
> >> toolbar makes sense as well, indeed. maybe a deck of cards would work
> >> for the icon?
> >
> > Okay. So I tried moving the "Change Game Type..." action to the Game
> > menu, but it seemed awkward and/or hard to find no matter where I put
> > it. I then got to thinking that maybe "Change Game Type..." wasn't the
> > best name for the action, because really, it's just an alternate form
> > of "New". So that lead me to the attached patch. (For those too lazy
> > to try the patch, see [1] and [2].)
> >
> > I think I've been looking at this for too long, as I'm no longer
> > certain this even makes sense. What are people's thoughts? Does anyone
> > have any better suggestions? Would this idea work better with
> > different labels?
> >
> > [1] http://imagebin.ca/view/7H5YgR.html
> > [2] http://imagebin.ca/view/18qaBe.html
> 
Could not raise these sites.  Evidently ca is too far away from au ... :-)

> Does no one have any opinions on this? The string freeze is coming, so
> I'd like to get this sorted out as quickly as possible.
> 
Tried the patch.  Looks good to me (the two new-game menu-items and
buttons), but maybe Aaron will not like hitting the Different Game button
when he is going for Undo, although there *is* a separator there now ... :-)

Is it feasible to have a Cancel in the choose-game layout somewhere?
Or perhaps you could add toolbar buttons for cancellable actions, such as
Save and Load, as I suggested earlier.  That would also help take care
of your earlier worries about people being unaware that they can save
and load games.

Cheers from Oz, Ian W.