Comment 7 for bug 793029

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grofaty (grofaty) wrote :

It looks like we have fallen into "technical trap". Why? "Question button issue" has multiple problems! It is not just a issue button vs. check-box, this is easy part. Much bigger problem is: word "Question" is confusing and does not tell anything useful to user what is gonna happen. That is why there is also a need for "pop-up info on mouse over". User could also be confused: What does "Question" stands for? If I just want to write my opinion (not asking a question), should I uncheck the question check-box?

The "Question" text is only technical term (just like 'eth0' for 'Wired network') to tell a program a distinctive conditional to notify lecture about a question asked (message posted) to him/her.

What we should do is tell user what this option does and this should be done without 'mouser over' text info.
I see three options (text on check-box instead of 'Question' text):
1. Tell what this option does: "Send question to Classrom."
2. What is the purpose of this action: "Notify lecturer about this message."
3. Both above options together: "Notify lecturer by sending message to Classrom."

I have made an attachment.
Note: I have also added "Message" label to describe what input box is all about.