Make restoring earlier versions more discoverable

[TZer0]

In order to simplify recovery of older files, it might be a good idea to add some sort of right-click menu option which will allow you to browse the history of a specific file (browsing the history of all files is impractical if you want to know the history of just one file).

Once users are made aware of this change, it will improve the user friendliness as they get another way of browsing file history. It will also be hard to miss other new features (later) if they get added to the same menu.

[Silvenga]

I can see this very useful. I'll see if this is possible in C#, although this feature will only be present in Windows.

That said, I prompt that the context menu should only be seen when in a sparkleshare directory to maintain the minimalist feel.

[hbons]

this is better done as a constantly visible menu button (it could like a triangle pointing down). that solves the problem of indiscoverability completely. we could do it in HTML/Javascript too so it works on all platforms.

[Silvenga]

@hbons I feel one central location for file history is good, for example the user can't right click a deleted file to roll back; however, if a user has 1000+ files within a repository, finding the correct file (or possibly files) to roll back would be painful and the amount of clicking. This is where the right click context menu would be useful.

I recomend to @TZer0 - to use TortoiseGit which gives indicators on the sync status and the ability to rollback changes with the right click menu. Although the setup may be intimidating, this is a great program that could easily supplement Sparkleshare.

[hbons]

oh sorry, i thought you were talking about the Recent Changes window. i actually removed the Nautilus plugin that did this, as it takes a lot of work to keep consistent on every platform.

[TZer0]

@Silvenga Well, I'm very aware that I can do that - but I'm more concerned with the average user.