VirtualBox

Opened 11 years ago

Last modified 11 years ago

#11491 new enhancement

VirtualBox GUI unnecessary dynamic and complex.

Reported by: Dude Owned by:
Component: GUI Version: VirtualBox 4.2.6
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Mac OS X

Description

Please reconsider some of the current VirtualBox GUI aspects and remove dynamic windows, dynamic buttons and "intelligent" one time only displaying of information. It adds unnecessary complexity and does not conform to application and interface standards.

My suggestions: Appropriate settings should be in the VirtualBox application preferences, where the user can customize the options. For instance:

[ ] Show descriptive dialog windows. [ ] Disable keyboard and mouse capturing info [ ] Show dialog if no bootable medium found.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 11 years ago

Does this ticket replace #11473? And is what you are asking for that we remove the various "Don't show this window again" tick boxes and have a central list of "show this, don't show this" instead?

Note that I am not agreeing (or disagreeing) with your idea here, and certainly not saying we will do that, but why not both?

comment:2 by Dude, 11 years ago

Thanks for the quick response. Here are some examples.

The Hide/Show Description button in the Create Virtual Machine wizard makes the UI more complex. Unfortunately, the button even remembers the last option pressed, making the interface even less predictable.

Another example is the Select startup-disk dialog, which is only shown once. Again, making the interface unpredictable, for instance, the user already start the machine, by accident.

I'm not asking for removing the "Don't show it again" checkboxes, but I think it would be nice if it changed an application preference, rather than disappear. Maybe the ticket 11472 could be included.

I question whether or not the VirtualBox GUI really needs dynamic aspects, which are not commonly used, or at least allow the configuration of the UI using application preferences to be predictable. Creating instructions using the current UI is difficult. I'm not surprised some of it is not mentioned in the current documentation.

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