[qmtest] Results GUI suggestion

[Mark Mitchell]

On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:51, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> I'd like to propose a minor enhanmenent to the GUI. Say I've just run 80 tests 
> (which is indeed so). One has failed, I've fixed the test and rerun it. Good, 
> but I'm shown the list of resutls, starting with the first test. So, to 
> quickly find if that one tests failed again or not, I have to click 7 times 
> on the nagivation arrow.
> 
> It's it possible to either:
> 1. Add new results to the front of results list, or
> 2. Show the last 10 results by default, not first.
> 
> I think the latter idea is better. Now, URL like 
> 
>     http://127.0.0.1:54980/test/show-results?start=71
> 
> causes a certain part of results to be shown. It's possible to make
> 
>     http://127.0.0.1:54980/test/show-results?start=-1
> 
> show last 10 results. Then, the "run test" command will redirect to the latter 
> URL.
> 
> Is this reasonable?

I think it's great that you've identified this usability issue.
 
How about giving each result a number, and then having clicking on the
title of that column flip the order?  In other words:

  #     Result ID        Outcome
  =     =========        =======
  1     foo              PASS
  2     bar              FAIL

If you click on the "#", it would flip to:

  #     Result ID        Outcome
  =     =========        =======
  2     bar              FAIL
  1     foo              PASS

Would that work well for you?

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