Re: Request for very small UI change in Tomboy

["Sanford Armstrong" <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On 2/9/07, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Le jeudi 08 février 2007, à 07:50, Sanford Armstrong a écrit :
> > Release and Documentation Teams,
> >
> > I'd like to draw your attention to Bug 404739 ("Disable Import Of
> > Sticky Notes Option If None Exist") [1].
> >
> > The proposed patch for this bug removes the "Import Sticky Notes"
> > option from Tomboy's "Tools" menu if no Sticky Notes applet XML file
> > is found on Tomboy startup.  This patch seems to break the UI freeze,
> > so I am asking for approval to commit.
>
> Is it better to not show the menu item (as done in your patch) or to
> show it insensitive? I thought the latter was better from an HIG point
> of view.

Normally I'd agree.  But I would guess that most Tomboy users who
haven't tried the Sticky Notes applet never will.  So for 80% of our
users, the option just takes up space.  This plugin is really meant as
a migratory path for existing Sticky Notes applet users.

Obviously I can change the patch to disable the option if people think
that follows HIG better.

Sandy