Suggestion: Reminder with Stickies

[Pierre de la Verre]

small suggestion:
I can select the option "Use Stickies for Reminders", but I can ignore the definition of the path to the Exe. At the end nothing bad happens - the standard reminder is used.

It would be fine if the software checks the dependency between the option and the path-definition:
"IF option is enabled
    then a valid path must be defined"

[.dan.g.]

>> It would be fine if the software checks the dependency between the option and the path-definition:

And do 'what' if it is not defined?

[Hotmail]

> And do 'what' if it is not defined?

some ways with different complexity:

 

a) remove the enabled setting in the background

b) step a) plus a message box to the user

c) dialogue to the user: “You have to define the EXE if you enable the setting XY. Do you want to remove the setting or to define the EXE-path?”

 

Pierre

[.dan.g.]

Thx Pierre, I'll give it some thought.

Dan

[Pierre de la Verre]

Refreshing the topic, with low prio ...

[.dan.g.]

If you think about it, there is no real downside to leaving it like it is.

If the user does not specify the exe they still get the reminder. And if they wonder why they are not seeing the Stickies reminder then they will go back to the preferences and see that they have not specified the exe.

>> a) remove the enabled setting in the background

They may report this as a bug.

b) step a) plus a message box to the user
c) dialogue to the user: “You have to define the EXE if you enable the setting XY. Do you want to remove the setting or to define the EXE-path?”

No one likes or reads message boxes (except perhaps for you and me).