RFC - showing 0 values in tables

RFC - showing 0 values in tables

[Barros Pena, Belen]

It has been brought to my attention that, since a value 0 is not the same
as value none, we should maybe show 0 values in the task performance
information. 

Although I understand that none is not 0, I still think that, in the case
of task performance information, if the value is 0 I don't need to care
about it, since the task is not consuming any resources. If I don't need
to care about it, why are you showing it to me? I am of the minimalistic
kind.

Having said that, I am happy with both options. I have made the necessary
changes and pushed them to

bbarrosp/show-zeros

so that you can see how it looks like. If you feel strongly one way or
another, please speak out.

Thanks!

Belén

Re: RFC - showing 0 values in tables

[Stanacar, StefanX]

On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 16:27 +0000, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
> It has been brought to my attention that, since a value 0 is not the same
> as value none, we should maybe show 0 values in the task performance
> information. 
> 
> Although I understand that none is not 0, I still think that, in the case
> of task performance information, if the value is 0 I don't need to care
> about it, since the task is not consuming any resources. If I don't need
> to care about it, why are you showing it to me? I am of the minimalistic
> kind.
> 

FWIW, as a user I don't want to see 0 values and see no point in showing
them, especially if the task doesn't actually use resources. But then
again, I prefer minimalist design too.
For those who do want to see these values, perhaps in the future we
could provide a "best of both worlds" solution, some option for: "okay,
give me all the raw data you have". And I wouldn't mind if it would just
be simple, unformatted text that I open in a new tab.


Cheers,
Stefan


> Having said that, I am happy with both options. I have made the necessary
> changes and pushed them to
> 
> bbarrosp/show-zeros
> 
> so that you can see how it looks like. If you feel strongly one way or
> another, please speak out.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Belén
> 
> 
> 
>