Re: [Nautilus-list] Nautilus Smoke Test --- first draft, feedback Request.

["John Sullivan" <sullivan eazel com>]

on 9/2/00 3:35 PM, Eli Goldberg at eli eazel com wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I've temporarily posted a first draft of Nautilus Smoke Tests to
> <http://www.prometheus-music.com/eazel/smoketests.html>, and would
> appreciate any suggested additions or removals before posting (and
> using).
> 
> The goal is to have a set of test cases that a person can execute in
> 10-15 minutes or less, which will flag obvious regressions quickly, and
> indicate whether a build is suitable for further testing.

Hi Eli,

Your first draft is a great start to this kind of thing.

Nitpick: For many of the tasks, you start with "double-click <whatever>".
Note that unless you've changed the default preference, it only takes a
single click to activate.

D-2: You ask whether dragging a file to the desktop should move it or make a
link (you actually used the Mac term "alias", but you meant the Unix term
"symbolic link" or just "link"). My preference would be for the desktop to
act like any other destination, so a link would not be created by default.
I'm not sure what the current behavior is. And somebody could probably talk
me out of this if they felt strongly about it.

P-2: Whether the icon view draws a hyper-link-like underline under the icon
text is a function of the single-click vs. double-click preference.
Currently, by default, all three user levels use single-click. So the
underline should appear in all three user levels unless you've changed the
preference to double-click-to-activate.

There are dozens of other tests that you *could* use in such a smoke-test
scenario, but nothing pops to mind as being particularly missing or extra
from your list. It seems like a good starting point to me.

John