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Entry  14 Oct 2016, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
    Reply  05 Dec 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
       Reply  01 Feb 2017, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
          Reply  01 Feb 2017, Stefan Ritt, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
Message ID: 1233     Entry time: 01 Feb 2017     In reply to: 1232
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Topic: Info 
Subject: Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
> > > I switched mhttpd to use the new javascript based run start and stop pages.
> > 
> > One initial complaint: the transition.html page doesn't seem to deal well with a frontend program using
> > a deferred transition.
> >
> 
> We now have a test frontend for deferred transitions, and this problem will likely be fixed.
> 
> > 
> > I separately still think that the transition page should automatically go away after 5 seconds
> >
> 
> This is a user-interface philosophy issue.
> 
> Instead of using personal preferences one should follow established design principles
> (there is research done and books written about this).
> 
> I did not recently look at current recommendations for this type of interaction, but generally
> one expects web pages to "do things" (such as switch to a different page) only when directed
> by user input (press a button).
> 
> My personal opinion is that half the users will find 5 sec delay too slow, the other half will
> find 5 sec too fast and the 3rd half will wonder "what happened, the web page flashed and disappeared,
> did I miss something important, how do I get back to whatever is was?!?".
> 
> One idea is to implement the transition page as a implant on the state page - after the "start" page
> you go back to the status page where you can see the progress of the transition. After the transition
> completes, it's progress window "collapses" into a "success/failure" display with a link to the full
> transition page to see any details of what happened. Any volunteers? (I would html-ize the status page first).
> 
> K.O.

I agree with Konstantin's plans and volunteer for the "collapsable" display. We will address this during my next visit to TRIUMF.
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