Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Possible Usability Issue in Ethereal + Issue in the Site

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From: Erwin Rol <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 13:02:59 +0200
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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