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Key: VWR-6668
Type: Bug Bug
Status: Closed Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: Low Low
Assignee: Ramzi Linden
Reporter: Alissa Sabre
Votes: 0
Watchers: 0
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Inappropriate help text for graphics preferences panel

Created: 18/Apr/08 10:02 PM   Updated: 06/May/08 09:20 AM
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Component/s: Documentation, Graphics, Internationalization, User Interface
Affects Version/s: 1.20 Release Candidate, 1.19.1.4
Fix Version/s: 1.20 Release Candidate

File Attachments: 1. Text File skydetail.patch (2 kB)

Image Attachments:

1. Graphics.png
(50 kB)

2. Help.png
(32 kB)
Environment:
Second Life 1.20.2 (85278) Apr 17 2008 19:35:32 (Second Life Release Candidate)

CPU: AMD (Unknown model) (2412 MHz)
Memory: 3072 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 9600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL Version: 2.1.2
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.14526 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.13_0000000000)
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Source Version: 1.20.2.85278
Linden Lab Issue ID: DEV-14118
Patch attached: Patch attached
Linden Lab Internal Branch: Branch_1-20-Viewer


 Description  « Hide
In the help text for the graphics preferences, there are separate explanations for "Mesh Detail" and "Sky Detail". On the actual preferences panel, there is no settings called "Sky Detail". Instead, "Sky Detail" is called as "Sky" and is a sub-item under the "Mesh Detail". This is confusing. This issue is not new to 1.20 RCs. I believe it is since 1.19.1.

I believe this is a bug in the help text, not the preferences panel. We should correct help text to follow the actual panel.

I'm not sure the current explanatory text for the "Sky Detail" is essential for the users, which reads "Sets the amount of tesselation of the sky dome. A higher value takes longer to render, but makes the sun look more rounded." If it is, this explanation should be a part of the explanatory text for "Mesh Detail" so that the user can easily identify which is which. Otherwise, i.e., the current text is not needed at all, just removing this text seems OK.

My feeling is that we should just remove it.

The attached patch (skydetail.patch) removes the said text from the base English (en-us) alerts.xml file, as well as German (de), Japanese (ja), and Korean (ko) translations. Other translations, i.e., Spanish (es), French (fr), and Chinese (zh), don't contain the corresponding help text and hence untouched.

NOTE that the attached patch file contains a UTF-8 text. You need a Unicode enabled tool to handle it.



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Alissa Sabre made changes - 18/Apr/08 10:04 PM
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Description In the help text for the graphics preferences, there are separate explanations for "Mesh Detail" and "Sky Detail". On the actual preferences panel, there is no settings called "Sky Detail". Instead, "Sky Detail" is called as "Sky" and is a sub-item under the "Mesh Detail". This is confusing. This issue is not new to 1.20 RCs. I believe it is since 1.19.1.

I believe this is a bug in the help text, not the preferences panel. We should correct help text to follow the actual panel.

I'm not sure the current explanatory text for the "Sky Detail" is essential for the users, which reads "Sets the amount of tesselation of the sky dome. A higher value takes longer to render, but makes the sun look more rounded." If it is, this explanation should be a part of the explanatory text for "Mesh Detail" so that the user can easily identify which is which. Otherwise, i.e., the current text is not needed at all, just removing this text seems OK.

My feeling is that we should just remove it.

The attached patch (skydetail.patch) removes the said text from the base English (en-us) alerts.xml file, as well as German (de), Japanese (ja), and Korean (ko) translations. Other translations, i.e., Spanish (es), French (fr), and Chinese (zh), don't contain the corresponding help text and hence untouched.
In the help text for the graphics preferences, there are separate explanations for "Mesh Detail" and "Sky Detail". On the actual preferences panel, there is no settings called "Sky Detail". Instead, "Sky Detail" is called as "Sky" and is a sub-item under the "Mesh Detail". This is confusing. This issue is not new to 1.20 RCs. I believe it is since 1.19.1.

I believe this is a bug in the help text, not the preferences panel. We should correct help text to follow the actual panel.

I'm not sure the current explanatory text for the "Sky Detail" is essential for the users, which reads "Sets the amount of tesselation of the sky dome. A higher value takes longer to render, but makes the sun look more rounded." If it is, this explanation should be a part of the explanatory text for "Mesh Detail" so that the user can easily identify which is which. Otherwise, i.e., the current text is not needed at all, just removing this text seems OK.

My feeling is that we should just remove it.

The attached patch (skydetail.patch) removes the said text from the base English (en-us) alerts.xml file, as well as German (de), Japanese (ja), and Korean (ko) translations. Other translations, i.e., Spanish (es), French (fr), and Chinese (zh), don't contain the corresponding help text and hence untouched.

NOTE that the attached patch file contains a UTF-8 text. You need a Unicode enabled tool to handle it.
lindenrobot made changes - 21/Apr/08 12:35 PM
Linden Lab Issue ID DEV-14118
Ramzi Linden made changes - 21/Apr/08 12:36 PM
Assignee Ramzi Linden [ Ramzi Linden ]
Ramzi Linden made changes - 28/Apr/08 03:47 PM
Status Open [ 1 ] Fix Pending [ 10001 ]
Linden Lab Internal Branch Branch_1-20-Viewer
Alissa Sabre made changes - 06/May/08 07:57 AM
Status Fix Pending [ 10001 ] Closed [ 6 ]
Fix Version/s 1.20 Release Candidate [ 10300 ]
Resolution Fixed [ 1 ]
Alissa Sabre made changes - 06/May/08 07:58 AM
Link This issue Relates to VWR-6607 [ VWR-6607 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 11:50 AM
Workflow jira-2007-12-22a [ 55039 ] jira-2008-11-14 [ 77958 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 06:58 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 77958 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 140896 ]