Variations dialogue

[smellymoo]

I use gobandroid primarily to play go with someone while out and about...

It is incredibly annoying when you are showing someone how to play and you click undo, then you get variations dialogue, then "disable" popup. Bad user experience.

Instead I suggest a simpler solution of having [yes|no|never] for the dialogue.

It would greatly increase my happiness and would take less lines of code :).

Thanks.

[smellymoo]

P.s.

Settings > show variations dialogue

When set to false should probably not even show the dialogue when clicking "undo" anyway.

[ligi]

I had it like this before - but found this way to be better in terms of discoverability and non-intrusiveness - the toast should not really intrude but always give you the option .. Not yet convinced that I should go back to the old way

[smellymoo]

Huh? It intrudes... I'm certain you must be thinking about something else...

It's a standard alert that pops up in the center when you undo a move then place a new one. Totally annoying...

1. undo
2. new move
3. central popup dialog: "Do you want to save this as a variation?" (Yes/no)
4. select no
5. bottom bar "disable variations dialogue" (disable)

That is really terrible user experience.

Possible solutions:
-bottom bar asking "keep variation?" (Save). This is best as it needs no clicks. You could even add (never) then it doesn't even annoy you.
-the setting "show variations dialogue" when disabled it could not show any dialog, which I think is a bug.
-the alert could have "never" in as an option.

When I'm using it with a noob, explaining nice variations becomes a chore, really there should be no bar to undo the redo, so first 2 options win for me.

[ligi]

yea - because the dialog ( was ) annoying I replaced it so it does not come all the time - but you can bring it back when needed

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On 07.12.2016 13:57, smellymoo wrote: Huh? It intrudes... I'm certain you must be thinking about something else... It's a standard alert that pops up in the center when you undo a move then place a new one. Totally annoying... 1. undo 2. new move 3. central popup dialog: "Do you want to save this as a variation?" (Yes/no) 4. select no 5. bottom bar "disable variations dialogue" (disable) That is really terrible user experience. Possible solutions: -bottom bar asking "keep variation?" (Save). This is best as it needs no clicks. You could even add (never) then it doesn't even annoy you. -the setting "show variations dialogue" when disabled it could not show any dialog, which I think is a bug. -the alert could have "never" in as an option. When I'm using it with a noob, explaining nice variations becomes a chore, really there should be no bar to undo the redo, so first 2 options win for me. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#192 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAGz8NoW6Qq4Iq_HNQg4Qvm1zZzwrtqSks5rFq0rgaJpZM4LGI1p>.

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[smellymoo]

Why do I get the dialog when the setting for it is disabled in settings then? Bug for sure.

And if I am really misunderstanding what "show variations dialogue" is supposed to mean, can it not be the bottom bar instead of system modal alert?

It's big enough of an annoyance that I might do it myself and do a pull request. But I'm quite busy with my apps :(

[ligi]

there should be no dialog if disabled only a toast - will look into this later but a short test just now worked for me - but could be that there is a bug - will look into it later

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On 07.12.2016 14:10, smellymoo wrote: Why do I get the dialog when the setting for it is disabled in settings then? Bug for sure. And if I am really misunderstanding what "show variations dialogue" is supposed to mean, can it not be the bottom bar instead of system modal alert? It's big enough of an annoyance that I might do it myself and do a pull request. But I'm quite busy with my apps :( — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#192 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAGz8KTlU50xSXiYsCxU-M4jIsfPM5T5ks5rFrA3gaJpZM4LGI1p>.

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[gthazmatt]

I use this app on a weekly basis, and I didn't realize that there was an option in the toast message to disable the variation dialogue until I came across this issue a few days ago. I just assumed that you had removed the option. I'm with smellymoo and think that the check box on the dialogue was much better.

[ligi]

Good to know - I should really measure here - ideally with an A/B test ( a/b might here just to switch the default value for a while and see which one gets used more )