[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1462: add legend to Recent Uploads and Downloads page, explain LIT (was: download of file into dir doesn't appear on Recent Uploads and Download)

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Mon Aug 8 22:19:15 PDT 2011


#1462: add legend to Recent Uploads and Downloads page, explain LIT
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     Reporter:  T_X      |      Owner:  T_X
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-    |    Version:  1.8.2
  frontend               |   Keywords:  download usability statistics wui
   Resolution:           |  easy doc
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Comment (by warner):

 updating title to match, and recording some thoughts..

 I can't decide if I want the legend to be between the "current ops" and
 "recent ops" sections, or at the bottom after "recent ops". It should
 probably be in a smaller font. I don't want to have to scroll down to see
 the first 4 or 5 items in the list. It should probably teach the following
 lessons:

  * immutable files are marked as "upload" (copied into grid to servers)
 and "download" (copied from grid from servers)
  * reading a mutable file does a "mapupdate MODE_READ" followed by a
 "retrieve"
  * creating a new mutable file does a "publish"
  * modifying an existing mutable file does a "mapupdate MODE_WRITE", then
 a "retrieve", then a "publish"
  * small immutable files (below about 65 bytes) are stored as LIT filecaps
 and do not appear on this list at all
  * directories are usually stored in mutable files, so directory changes
 will appear as mutable-file modifications

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