[tor-bugs] #5107 [Vidalia]: Usability problem: if you add a bridge and click ok, but didn't click +, you don't add the bridge

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#5107: Usability problem: if you add a bridge and click ok, but didn't click +,
you don't add the bridge
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 Reporter:  arma     |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:        
 Keywords:           |         Parent:        
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:        
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Comment(by chiiph):

 Replying to [comment:1 arma]:
 > Maybe the right fix is for the 'ok' button to notice that there's text
 in the bridge text box, and automatically do the equivalent of clicking +
 for it? Are there any downsides to that approach?

 Sounds good, the only thing that I would add is a message to the user
 saying "You meant to add this bridge but didn't click the plus button. Do
 you want Vidalia to do it for you? <checkbox> Remember this answer". I
 generally don't like silently assuming things, Vidalia's behavior has been
 like this for years, so there are may be users aware of this and may be
 use this somehow.

 >
 > That would probably also be a better fix for mikeperry's bug in #4290
 than git commit e46a569dd, since it would do-what-he-meant rather than
 tell-him-it-didn't-do-what-he-meant.

 Right, so, right now, Go to settings->network, have some bridges already,
 paste a new onto the bridge text box, then click ok. Vidalia shows a popup
 saying that you're missing a bridge, which either leads you to click the
 plus button, or just leaves you without a clue why that bridge isn't
 added. If you uncheck the usebridge *then* you don't end up using the
 bridge.
 So it's not a direct way to failure, but I understand it's not the best
 way to go. I think a label above the lineedit saying "Bridge to add", and
 another one above the bridge list saying "Bridge list" will make it more
 clear that the user needs to make the text in "Bridge to add" go to
 "Bridge list" somehow.

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