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Bug 79201 - [ProfilingPoints] Profiling Points have serious usability problems
Summary: [ProfilingPoints] Profiling Points have serious usability problems
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: profiler
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@profiler
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks: 79229
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Reported: 2006-06-27 13:21 UTC by Jiri Sedlacek
Modified: 2007-06-06 08:36 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Jiri Sedlacek 2006-06-27 13:21:04 UTC
There are several serious usability problems related to Profiling Points, 
breaking original idea to have something very easy to use:

 - There is no clear indication from where the PP becomes active/performs 
action (inclusive vs. exclusive)

 - Whereas Start/Stop Profiling points have separate option Regions Defined by 
Profiling Points, other types of PPs (Take Snapshot etc.) are active always 
without any indication - the user may be confused that he cannot use "normal" 
profiling without PPs.

 - Profiling Points don't replace original Code Fragment profiling which was 
one of intentions when designing this feature.

 - There is no shortcut for creating PPs, the user has to use context or main 
menu. When working in the editor a way how to edit PPs without mouse should be 
available.

 - There is no visual indication about start/stop points pairing in the editor, 
moreover both start/stop points have similar icons.
Comment 1 Jiri Sedlacek 2007-03-22 13:40:50 UTC
Partially fixed by Profiling Points reimplementation, lowering priority:

 - exclusive/inclusive: PPs are now defined at start/end of line
 - profiling without PP: PPs can be turned off from SPT dialog
 - pairing indication: now indicated by tooltip and PP's popup menu
Comment 2 Jiri Sedlacek 2007-06-06 08:36:36 UTC
Keyboard shortcut for PP already implemented. Filed separate RFE for 
Stopwatches behaving like Code Fragment (Issue 105819), thus closing this issue.