On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 11:28 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: > On Mo, 2011-01-31 at 05:23 +0000, Ville Nummela wrote: > > There are also my changes for the sync-ui, which add the possibility to > > change the sync interval from the gui. > That one is a bit more problematic. Do we really want to expose the user > to the internal text format? Some kind of slider would be better IMHO. > The empty string field also doesn't tell the user that there is already > a default set, so it looks like he has to choose something, without any > guidance. The original issue wasn't so much about "let users choose an > interval" but "provide feedback on how auto sync works"; following that > logic, showing the default would be more important then letting the user > override it. I understand your points. My changes were just something I did for myself, as I don't want to edit the config files every time I change the interval for testing purposes. I'm not an usability expert, so creating good UIs is difficult for me.

I someone tells me exactly what the UI should do, I can probably code it.