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[Joey Stanford <joey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, sold.

Let's give a try for only wayward health checks then. If it doesn't
work we'll do something different.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:58 PM, James Westby <james.westby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:13:48 -0600, Joey Stanford <joey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I do wonder if we need to highlight "it's ok", or if we would rather
>> > just have "there's a problem" here noted.
>>
>> Good question. Let me answer that with a question.
>>
>> Would you rather assume that all cards are healthy unless otherwise
>> noted, or, would rather that we didn't assume.
>
> Allow me to answer with another question...
>
> When does this chain ever stop? :-)
>
> I think that assuming things are healthy is good because:
>
>  1. It doesn't highlight "everything is ok", as that should be the
>  common state.
>
>  2. It likely makes problems more visually distinctive.
>
> As for the implementation, I don't think it makes a difference,
> though I would err on the side of having to deal with fewer icons. I'm
> more bringing this up as I think it's likely a better UI, rather than
> implementation concerns.
>
> The answer is likely to implement both and then decide (or perhaps just
> doctor screenshots once we have the basic card display in place, and
> decide based on those, as that's almost as good.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>