[RFC] Error, Success & Confirm Class

[KnocksX]

I fully support this, +1

[MichaelC]

I've created a ticket: http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11058

[Pony99CA]

Can we come up with a better term than "flash message"? When I first saw that, I wondered if phpBB was going to require Adobe Flash for messages.

Steve

[MichaelC]

Can we come up with a better term than "flash message"? When I first saw that, I wondered if phpBB was going to require Adobe Flash for messages.

Steve

Flash messages is both the correct term and it is widely used in development. I don't seen any problem with using it. All it takes is for a user to ask or google it and they will find out that its not adobe flash.

[Senky]

"Flash message" is absolutelly OK...

[Pony99CA]

Can we come up with a better term than "flash message"? When I first saw that, I wondered if phpBB was going to require Adobe Flash for messages.

Flash messages is both the correct term and it is widely used in development. I don't seen any problem with using it. All it takes is for a user to ask or google it and they will find out that its not adobe flash.

Let me rephrase the request. On a developer board, "flash message" may be OK (although I hadn't heard the term until now and am still not sure what one looks like). However, if this has a chance of being exposed to non-developers (for example, the documentation could say "After pressing Submit, you'll see a flash message telling you whether the operation succeeded or failed."), we should find a better term. End users should not be forced to ask for clarification or Google something to understand it.

If end users will never see the term, then it's all good.

"Flash message" is absolutelly OK...

Well, I guess that settles it.

But the overall proposal sounds like a good one. I always thought it strange that trigger_error was used for non-error messages.

Steve

[DavidIQ]

If end users will never see the term, then it's all good.

This. Our users aren't developers so a layman's term for it would be best IMO.

[MichaelC]

Can we come up with a better term than "flash message"? When I first saw that, I wondered if phpBB was going to require Adobe Flash for messages.

Flash messages is both the correct term and it is widely used in development. I don't seen any problem with using it. All it takes is for a user to ask or google it and they will find out that its not adobe flash.

Let me rephrase the request. On a developer board, "flash message" may be OK (although I hadn't heard the term until now and am still not sure what one looks like). However, if this has a chance of being exposed to non-developers (for example, the documentation could say "After pressing Submit, you'll see a flash message telling you whether the operation succeeded or failed."), we should find a better term. End users should not be forced to ask for clarification or Google something to understand it.

If end users will never see the term, then it's all good.

"Flash message" is absolutelly OK...

Well, I guess that settles it.

But the overall proposal sounds like a good one. I always thought it strange that trigger_error was used for non-error messages.

Steve

Its more of a developer term. It means a message that comes up on the following screen, then disappears. We'll most likely use http://www.erichynds.com/examples/jquery-notify/ (click default notification).

[Pony99CA]

Its more of a developer term. It means a message that comes up on the following screen, then disappears. We'll most likely use http://www.erichynds.com/examples/jquery-notify/ (click default notification).

Those are pretty cool. Thanks for the link.

Steve

[KnocksX]

They're beautiful