nice UI for creation of private directory #234

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zooko · 2007-12-18T01:02:42Z

zooko commented

2007-12-18 01:02:42 +00:00

if the client is configured to create a private directory, then put a note on the welcome page which says "private directory will be created once we are connected to X servers...", which note is replaced by a link to start.html after the private directory is created.

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zooko changed title from ~~Nice UI for creation of private directory.~~ to nice UI for creation of private directory

2007-12-19 22:48:57 +00:00

warner commented

2008-02-06 09:55:02 +00:00

Since we've stopped making the client automatically create directories, what
should we to about this ticket? It seems like the "Create Directory" button
on the welcome page is now the "nice UI" for this feature, but perhaps we
should add some notes to it like:

Hi there. I notice that you don't have a private/root_dir.cap (not that I'd
tell you what was in there, mind you, since this welcome page is viewable by
pretty much everybody). Since you just created a brand new empty directory,
you might want to remember how to get back here, and saving this URI in your
root_dir.cap is an excellent way to accomplish this. It will also give the
CLI tools something to work with.

You should either copy this URI somewhere safe, or create a bookmark to it.
Otherwise, once you close this window, you may not be able to find your way
back to this directory.

thoughts?

Since we've stopped making the client automatically create directories, what should we to about this ticket? It seems like the "Create Directory" button on the welcome page is now the "nice UI" for this feature, but perhaps we should add some notes to it like: Hi there. I notice that you don't have a private/root_dir.cap (not that I'd tell you what was in there, mind you, since this welcome page is viewable by pretty much everybody). Since you just created a brand new empty directory, you might want to remember how to get back here, and saving this URI in your root_dir.cap is an excellent way to accomplish this. It will also give the CLI tools something to work with. You should either copy this URI somewhere safe, or create a bookmark to it. Otherwise, once you close this window, you may not be able to find your way back to this directory. thoughts?

zooko commented

2008-02-06 13:36:57 +00:00

I don't think we should do this. CLI users could use better doc in the usage strings and docs files, and they could use a tahoe mkdir command (#259). GUI users already have instructions in using.html.

I vote that we close this ticket.

I don't think we should do this. CLI users could use better doc in the usage strings and docs files, and they could use a `tahoe mkdir` command (#259). GUI users already have instructions in [using.html](http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/using.html). I vote that we close this ticket.

warner commented

2008-02-06 18:10:02 +00:00

works for me!

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warner closed this issue

2008-02-06 18:10:02 +00:00

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