Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of PrefsUnification

Timestamp:

Dec 2, 2014, 5:01:21 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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PrefsUnification

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+= Unifying Web and GUI Prefs =
+
+Currently the Web and GUI preferences interfaces
+control the same set of prefs
+(with some exceptions, see below)
+but describe them differently, which creates confusion among volunteers.
+For example, web prefs say
+
+'''Suspend work while computer is in use?'''
+
+While the GUI says
+
+'''Computing allowed while the computer is in use'''
+
+These could be called "negative" (when not to compute)
+and "positive" (when to compute) respectively.
+
+Negative:
+
+'''Compute all the time, except when the computer is in use, OR the CPU load is > .25, OR the time is  between 9:00 and 17:00.
+
+Positive:
+
+'''Compute whenever the computer is not in use AND the CPU load is < .25 AND the time is between 17:00 and 9:00.
+
+Which is clearer and more intuitive?
+It's kind of a toss-up, except that I think that it's slightly more natural
+to express time-of-day and time-of-week prefs positively.
+So let's go with positive across the board.
+
+However, we need to say things precisely.
+The current GUI wording (positive) is imprecise in two ways:
+
+ * It doesn't explicitly say whether computing is allowed when the computer is not in use.
+ * It says that computing is allowed whenever the computer is in use,
+   which is not the case; other preferences might disallow computing.
+
+More precise wording would be:
+
+ * Run CPU tasks when all the following hold:
+  * the computer is plugged in, not running on batteries (laptops only)
+  * the computer is idle
+  * the time of day is between X and Y
+  * other CPU usage is less then X%
+ * Run GPU tasks if the above conditions hold, and
+  * the computer is idle [this can be disabled if the CPU idle setting is set]
+ * "Idle" means no mouse or keyboard input in last X minutes