Marco ArmentFeb 27

RE: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116143213411933984

WHAT

MattFeb 27
Show threadMarco Arment
that is not what cancel means
Feb 27 at 3:16pmIvory for Mac
Show threadjosephFeb 27
@marcoarment Cancel (this dialog only)
Show threadEric GoodwinFeb 27
@marcoarment this is a favourite of mine. https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Change-Cancel-Button-Text/qaq-p/2203232 do you want to Cancel or cancel?
Change Cancel Button Text

Hi, In our Jira instance, when we press the main "cancel" button under a sub-task we have a popup window to explain the reason of cancellation. At the bottom of that window, there are two buttons, one to cancel the sub-task and the other to cancel the request for cancellation. Is there a way to chan...

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Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykFeb 27
@auxonic cancel
Show threadJason BeckerFeb 27
@marcoarment the pinnacle of HCI
Show threadJordan KrahnFeb 27
@marcoarment it seems to be for a lot of people on the Epstein list 🥁
Show threadAlex BabaevFeb 27
@marcoarment Aaah, I think I get it now. Cancel is for "run", and the dialog is for "processing stuff before run". There is a similar one, about "unblocking your phone". What a mess.
Show threadBruno ScheeleFeb 27

@marcoarment Not entirely convinced this is true. Last time I saw this, I hit cancel at around 30% (slow because WiFi and not through cable) and after a while, I hit run and it started at 0% again.

Course, that just might be fetching progress, playing catch-up or maybe the previous transfer failed.

Or maybe it actually canceled, who knows!

Show threadTheEJJ 🇨🇦Feb 27
@marcoarment I can’t believe you wasted valuable time on ATP complaining about workouts on Apple Watch when this existed.
Show threadSami SamhuriFeb 27
@marcoarment Not at all to excuse this, because it’s confusing and the UI doesn’t explain it at all, but it does make sense. Copying symbols is happening in the background already. Building and running is blocked on that. You’re cancelling the build and run, not the copying of symbols.
Show threadHankFeb 27
@marcoarment I always took this to mean cancelling the install that this cache or symbol copying is blocking.
Show threadIsaac FreemanFeb 27

@marcoarment This is like day one of any undergraduate HCI course.

You go up to the whiteboard and write “NEVER PUT A TRANSITIVE VERB ON A BUTTON WITHOUT ALSO SAYING WHAT NOUN IT REFERS TO”.

Then you introduce yourself, point out the fire exits, and tell people how to find the computer lab.