Re: [platform-ui-dev] M2 is next week and some experiences with Android

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> For example, in this case, you could detect the file is under debug and not
> autosave. More work, but a better UX.

Not sure, if I agree. I think consistent behavior is important. If I
activate auto-save, I think I personally also want that it also while
I debugging.

But before discussion preferences or enhancements, we first need to
develop this feature. Unfortunately nobody has yet committed to work
on this.


On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: <platform-ui-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Mickael Istria
> <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 7:10 AM
> To: "platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] M2 is next week and some experiences with
> Android Studio
>
> On 09/21/2015 10:14 AM, Lars Vogel wrote:
>
> Mickael, of course if we introduce such a feature there would be an option
> to turn it in or of.
>
> Sure, but users usually want to have "best defaults" settings rather than
> options, and I just want to point out that risking to mess up the workflow
> of hot-swapping classes while debugging is something to consider when
> evaluating what are the "best defaults" for auto-save.
>
>
> I think this is the right way to think about all of our UX. We need to make
> sure we’re not using options/preferences as a crutch, to say, well we can’t
> decide what the best thing so we’ll make the user decide. At the end of the
> day, that may lead to a worse UX than you had without adding the feature at
> all.
>
> For example, in this case, you could detect the file is under debug and not
> autosave. More work, but a better UX.
>
> Doug.
>
>
>
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