Bug#193106: bugs.debian.org: what defaults on /Bugs page?
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> >> On http://www.debian.org/Bugs/:
> >> * Include severity: critical grave serious important normal minor wishlist fixed
> >> * Exclude severity: critical grave serious important normal minor wishlist fixed
>
> >> Things that should be addressed by the wording on that page:
> >> What defaults?
>
> C> Isn't it clear that the initial state of all the radio buttons and
> C> checkboxes shows you the defaults? I thought it was (after all, it has
> C> to be that way or the form submission will do something other than the
> C> "default").
>
> Well, of the two lines I quoted, none of the boxes are checked.
> However, the results produced act like all the "Include severity"
> boxes were checked. So why aren't they initially checked when the
> user encounters them?
Because it would produce a most vomitously long URL. Not checking any of
the include/exclude boxes is a useful edge case, and is treated the same
way as checking all the include boxes.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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