Comment 5 for bug 331574

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote : Re: [Bug 331574] Re: delete icon for a merge proposal is in a confusing spot oh the horror

2009/2/20 Elliot Murphy <email address hidden>:
> Martin Albisetti wrote:
>> So, I keep thinking about this, and I can't really come up with a good answer.
>> The edit icon is elsewhere because it actually edits the status, not the MP.
>> The trash icon is on the title, because it deletes the whole thing.
>> Now, that we got passed the logic, my question: do you think this is a muscle memory thing, or a genuine confusion users have?

I think the underlying problem here is that the user model does not
speak of "delete the whole thing" vs "edit this field". What they
want are two possible actions:

 * delete/withdraw/cancel this proposal
 * mark it as approved

I see the yellow pencil icons as basically placeholders til we have
edit-in-place, but there's no need to propagate them more.

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Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>