[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#7095) No Capital, and can't build one..

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7095 >

> [i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Mon Jan 26 09:43:02 2004]:

> I'm against this patch. The intent is really too narrow. The target of
> the audience are people which are:
>  - new to the game AND
>  - sell a building sounds important like palace AND
>  - are surprised that it has negative consequences.

I think you are not considerate enough of new users.

> Also the patch only shows the message in a dialog which is shown very
> shortly and be sure overlooked.

New users are more likely to read it.

> One better approach would be to show the general help message in a
> tooltip for items in the improvement list. Much more general.

This may also be a good idea.  But new users are unlikely to read
through the full help, or even to know it's there if they don't happen
to leave their pointer over the improvement list.  So it doesn't
substitute for a specific warning message.

jason