All bugs verified on XnView 1.98 German, Windows XP SP3.
(1) AFPL Ghostscript not found: 'Do not show this message again' is ignored after a while, or in a newly opened XnView instance.
(2) If you click on 'No' in the dialog 'Do you want to copy or move this folder?,' the dialog performs as if you had clicked 'Yes.'
(3) - Batch Rename: Although you didn't enter anything as a name template in this dialog, or checked any box, XnView displays new names of the files:
Old Name -> New Name
a.jpg -> .jpg
b.jpg -> _02.jpg
c.jpg -> _03.jpg
(4) - After changing an image: When the dialog 'Do you want to save changes to ...' is displayed, you can check 'Never ask again.' However, this is ignored in a newly opened XnView instance and the dialog appears again.
1.98 Misinterpreted buttons and checkboxes of dialogs
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scooterXnview
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Re: 1.98 Misinterpreted buttons and checkboxes of dialogs
I can't reproduce...scooterXnview wrote: (1) AFPL Ghostscript not found: 'Do not show this message again' is ignored after a while, or in a newly opened XnView instance.
Where?(2) If you click on 'No' in the dialog 'Do you want to copy or move this folder?,' the dialog performs as if you had clicked 'Yes.'
Duplicate settings are used...(3) - Batch Rename: Although you didn't enter anything as a name template in this dialog, or checked any box, XnView displays new names of the files:
Old Name -> New Name
a.jpg -> .jpg
b.jpg -> _02.jpg
c.jpg -> _03.jpg
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=14243(4) - After changing an image: When the dialog 'Do you want to save changes to ...' is displayed, you can check 'Never ask again.' However, this is ignored in a newly opened XnView instance and the dialog appears again.
Pierre.
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scooterXnview
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Re: 1.98 Misinterpreted buttons and checkboxes of dialogs
(1)+(2) I noted this issue many times, and will make a snapshot next time. Unfortunately, I didn't make one at the time it occured, and they'r occasional issues. As I observed even today, XnView sometimes displays a prompting message when I click on anything; today it was the Filter menu which suddenly displays a curious error message. However, next time I clicked on the Filter menu that message didn't appear again. At those occasions I might be as stunned as other users, thinking I misclicked myself, therefore not thinking about making a snapshot of the issue. This might be the reason why you rarely get issues reported like that.
(1) In most cases I observed this issue I just marked a couple of files in the Browser and suddenly one click on another file in order to mark it for some operations causes this message to be prompted. I always choose 'Do not show this message again,' but in the next session it does suddenly display again when I mark a couple of files.
(2) Sometimes when I mark a couple of files in the Browser, this dialog appears. I always choose 'No' then, but was stunned to see that XnView nevertheless performs the file operation.
(3)
This is the dialog right after having marked three files and choosed 'Batch Rename...' from the context menu. As you can see, no template was given and no button 'Duplicate...' was clicked. As it is true with many renaming tools, XnView as well should display nothing in the 'New Name' column right after the dialog appears. Imaging a user just accidentally clicks Rename in this dialog? (The result will be that the files are renamed according to the 'New Name' column, so you will have a file called '.JPG' etc., but I don't think this is what the common user originally intended.)
(4) So the 'Never ask again' is for the current session only? Then why don't you state this in the dialog? The common user expects the checked box to apply from now on for *all* future events (as the word 'never' tells him), as this is the case with most applications prompting such queries. If you want this check box being considered for the current session only, you better write it: 'Don't ask again for this session' (and be sure other XnView instances consider this checkbox as well). Moreover, you should have settings saying, e. g., 'Apply "Never ask again?" for all sessions.'
Above all, I'd like to express my deep thanks for a nevertheless fantastic application. Thinking of you doing this mostly by yourself, with other image management applications often being developed by at least a team...
(1) In most cases I observed this issue I just marked a couple of files in the Browser and suddenly one click on another file in order to mark it for some operations causes this message to be prompted. I always choose 'Do not show this message again,' but in the next session it does suddenly display again when I mark a couple of files.
(2) Sometimes when I mark a couple of files in the Browser, this dialog appears. I always choose 'No' then, but was stunned to see that XnView nevertheless performs the file operation.
(3)
This is the dialog right after having marked three files and choosed 'Batch Rename...' from the context menu. As you can see, no template was given and no button 'Duplicate...' was clicked. As it is true with many renaming tools, XnView as well should display nothing in the 'New Name' column right after the dialog appears. Imaging a user just accidentally clicks Rename in this dialog? (The result will be that the files are renamed according to the 'New Name' column, so you will have a file called '.JPG' etc., but I don't think this is what the common user originally intended.)
(4) So the 'Never ask again' is for the current session only? Then why don't you state this in the dialog? The common user expects the checked box to apply from now on for *all* future events (as the word 'never' tells him), as this is the case with most applications prompting such queries. If you want this check box being considered for the current session only, you better write it: 'Don't ask again for this session' (and be sure other XnView instances consider this checkbox as well). Moreover, you should have settings saying, e. g., 'Apply "Never ask again?" for all sessions.'
Above all, I'd like to express my deep thanks for a nevertheless fantastic application. Thinking of you doing this mostly by yourself, with other image management applications often being developed by at least a team...