two separate tick boxes for "Show postpone and skip button" ?

[heikorudolph]

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Yes, great piece of software, I use it on any computer I am working on.

One suggestion to make it more likely I take breaks:
The "Show postpone and skip button" is all one tick box.

Can you make it into two ? ie.
Tick box for: "Show postpone button"
Tick box for: "Show skip button"

if the postpone button is shown then upon each postpone the time for the postpone is cut in half until after say 3 postponese there is no choice, you are locked out.

I tend to otherwise skip things too often - a self discipline thing I know.

thanks
if this should be posted in some other way let me know please
thanks
heiko
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[Rob Caelers]

Hello,

> Yes, great piece of software, I use it on any computer I am working on.

Thanks.

> One suggestion to make it more likely I take breaks:
> The "Show postpone and skip button" is all one tick box.
 > ...
 > if the postpone button is shown then upon each postpone the time for the
 > postpone is cut in half until after say 3 postponese there is no choice,
 > you are locked out.

I don't know.

We try to achieve a good balance between keeping the user interface
(especially the preferences) simple and understandable while on the other hand
giving the user enough freedom to tweak Workrave's behavior.

See also: http://issues.workrave.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=416

Comments?

Groetjes,
   Rob

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[Joe Wells-5]

Rob Caelers <robc@...> writes:

>> One suggestion to make it more likely I take breaks:
>> The "Show postpone and skip button" is all one tick box.
>>
>> Can you make it into two ? ie.
>> Tick box for: "Show postpone button"
>> Tick box for: "Show skip button"
>>
>> if the postpone button is shown then upon each postpone the time for the
>> postpone is cut in half until after say 3 postponese there is no choice,
>> you are locked out.
>
> I don't know.
>
> We try to achieve a good balance between keeping the user interface
> (especially the preferences) simple and understandable while on the
> other hand giving the user enough freedom to tweak Workrave's
> behavior.
>
> See also: http://issues.workrave.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=416
>
> Comments?

I agree with the original poster, and the filer of bug #416.  I have
added comments to bug 416 and voted for it.

I don't think the user interface would be any more difficult if
enabling the postpone and skip buttons was on a per-button basis.  It
is just as difficult an interface to have a single choice for both
buttons.  The main problem is the user does not have enough
information to know which choice to make.  The main difficulty with
this part of the user interface is the lack of help text explaining
how the skip and postpone buttons work in practice.

I also think the effectiveness of the postponement option would be
greater if postponement got steadily more difficult each time it was
used.  Postponement should really only be for emergencies (e.g., your
boss is on the telephone and needs something now), but right now it is
too easy to slip into a routine of simply postponing a break.

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Joe


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