Re: FC2T3 rhn-applet question mark

[Will Backman <whb ceimaine org>]

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 13:12, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 12:53:11 -0400, Daniel Veillard 
> >   It starts to be a very confusing interface. We use to have 
> > Red/Green/Blue
> > then we added Grey for network error, and now we would have a fifth 
> > level,
> > which can only be understood if you analyze a more complex set of data.
> > That's too much ...
> 
> I defer to infinitely better judgement about where the line of sanity
> is along the currently implemented interface. Do you have another
> option in mind to re-integrate the network problem situation into the
> user experience? Or does someone in the community need to come up with
> a clever way to show users that a network error is happening that is
> not attached to the icon color/shape?
> Are there some parameters to bound the solution space, or does
> rhn-applet punt the network error notification feature completely?
> 
> -jef
> 
I would figure that the blue check mark means I am up2date.
Any other funky or error situation should produce a question mark.