waldo at vqronline
Nov 10, 2009, 6:18 AM
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On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:16 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> Currently, for media document fields that are autopopulated, we have
> an unchecked check box that says "Lock Val". If you check one, then
> the value in the associated field will be locked to the current
> value, never to be autopopulated, even if you upload a new file.
> Unless you uncheck it again, at which point it will be autopopulated
> again.
>
> Marshall thought this was confusing. Do you?
>
> He suggests that we instead have a checked checkbox labeled
> "Autopopulate". If you uncheck it, it won't be autopopulated by new
> media files. If you check it again, it can be updated by a new media
> file upload.
>
> Does that seem more intuitive to you?
I think Marshall is right. Although "Autopopulate" is still puzzling
on first exposure, I think that it's a great deal less puzzling than
"Lock Val," for the reasons that Marshall specified in his bug report.
Best,
Waldo
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