Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Possible Usability Issue in Ethereal + Issue in the Site
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 10:11, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Here are some possible problems I noticed in Ethereal:
>
> 1. After I perform a capture, and without saving it, and then I try to capture
> a new one I am presented with this dialog:
>
> <<<
> *Save capture file before starting a new capture?*
>
> If you start a new capture without saving, your current capture data will be
> discarded.
>
> [Yes] [No] [Cancel]
> >>>
>
> Where the *..* is bold. Now, when I was presented with this dialog, for the
> first time I automatically read only the second line (because it was closest
> to the buttons), and so pressed the wrong button. It also happened sometimes
> in subsequent times.
>
I have the same problem, almost every time i have to read the dialog
carefully before i can press a button. Somehow I always expect the
YES/NO should be the answer to the "If you start a new capture without
saving, your current capture data will be discarded." line, and it make
no sense to answer that with YES/NO.
Maybe the "Save capture file before starting a new capture?" should be
moved to the window-title and than the first line in the dialog should
be the "If you start a new capture without saving, your current capture
data will be discarded." and than the question "Save capture file before
starting a new capture?" should be repeated just above the buttons ?
> 2. The links on http://www.ethereal.com/ are black. This makes it hard to
> distinguish them from the rest of the text, especially in browsers which do
> not put an underline under the link, like Konqueror. I suggest changing them
> to a different colour.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
- Erwin
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