Comments on: Policy Based Management Podcast – Part 2 http://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/policy-based-management-podcast-part-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What 5 things Should SQL Server Get Rid Of? | SQLRockstar http://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/policy-based-management-podcast-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-896 What 5 things Should SQL Server Get Rid Of? | SQLRockstar Tue, 11 May 2010 14:00:46 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2609#comment-896 [...] have talked about this one before, but it still bothers me. Dan Jones was kind enough to offer an explanation, but I still cannot [...] [...] have talked about this one before, but it still bothers me. Dan Jones was kind enough to offer an explanation, but I still cannot [...]

]]> By: 2010 MVP Summit Preview | SQLRockstar http://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/policy-based-management-podcast-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-895 2010 MVP Summit Preview | SQLRockstar Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:51 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2609#comment-895 [...] have no functional purpose whatsoever. Having icons in certain colors really doesn’t matter. Being forced to see the blue-on-blue in PBM does matter, but there may be little to nothing that wil... But, hey, we are there to provide feedback, [...] [...] have no functional purpose whatsoever. Having icons in certain colors really doesn’t matter. Being forced to see the blue-on-blue in PBM does matter, but there may be little to nothing that wil… But, hey, we are there to provide feedback, [...]

]]> By: Thomas LaRock http://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/policy-based-management-podcast-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Thomas LaRock Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:42:29 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2609#comment-894 Dan, Thanks for your reply. I had no idea you even knew about my blog! I am certain this came up during your debates, but my first thought would be to not highlight the row at any time. That would make it easier to read and still allow for the hyperlink. I certainly understand your decision to not override the default settings, I just question how the GUI needed to present the information back to the user. The blue-on-blue would have made me want to design the feedback in a different way altogether, because it is too much of a usability fail. yeah, that's easy for me to say, because i am not building the tools, i know. hope to see you at PASS this year, tom Dan,

Thanks for your reply. I had no idea you even knew about my blog!

I am certain this came up during your debates, but my first thought would be to not highlight the row at any time. That would make it easier to read and still allow for the hyperlink.

I certainly understand your decision to not override the default settings, I just question how the GUI needed to present the information back to the user. The blue-on-blue would have made me want to design the feedback in a different way altogether, because it is too much of a usability fail.

yeah, that’s easy for me to say, because i am not building the tools, i know.

hope to see you at PASS this year,

tom

]]> By: Dan Jones http://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/policy-based-management-podcast-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Dan Jones Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:18:38 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2609#comment-893 Blue on blue - I know this unfortunate but here's the story behind it. Management Studio picks up the user’s Windows color settings. The default in Windows is the row highlight is blue and hyperlinks are dark blue. We explored various ways to address this but in each case we would have had to ignore the user's settings. This wouldn't be all that bad - most annoying is that Management Studio wouldn’t follow the standards for Windows apps – picking up the OS color settings. We also would have had to put in special logic to handle the situation where the user has selected a high contrast setting for accessibility. We had a lengthy and healthy debate on this during the development of SQL Server 2008 and at the end of it I made the decision that we’d leave it as is. I couldn’t justify spending time on the custom development work when we were following standard Windows programming practices. Cheers, Dan Blue on blue – I know this unfortunate but here’s the story behind it. Management Studio picks up the user’s Windows color settings. The default in Windows is the row highlight is blue and hyperlinks are dark blue. We explored various ways to address this but in each case we would have had to ignore the user’s settings. This wouldn’t be all that bad – most annoying is that Management Studio wouldn’t follow the standards for Windows apps – picking up the OS color settings. We also would have had to put in special logic to handle the situation where the user has selected a high contrast setting for accessibility. We had a lengthy and healthy debate on this during the development of SQL Server 2008 and at the end of it I made the decision that we’d leave it as is. I couldn’t justify spending time on the custom development work when we were following standard Windows programming practices.

Cheers,
Dan

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