[ZendTo] Number of files in a drop off.

[Greg Clarke]

Hi Jules

I have advised the user to use zip archives for large file sets.

They have hit the limit twice in the last two days. In-house lawyer so I
haven't asked specifics as to why. Lawyers in an academic environment is
like poking a powder keg with a burning ember and I don't want the bang or
the fallout.

The addition of “(maximum 200)” is a good solution.


Thanks and have a good day.


Greg

On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 03:48, Marlon Deerr via ZendTo <zendto at zend.to>
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> That small addition of “(maximum 200)” sounds good enough to me actually.
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> *From:* Jules [mailto:Jules at Zend.To]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:20 AM
> *To:* zend.to at neilzone.co.uk; Marlon Deerr <MDeerr at hshlawyers.com>
> *Cc:* ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to>; Greg Clarke <
> greg.clarke at waikato.ac.nz>
> *Subject:* Re: [ZendTo] Number of files in a drop off.
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> I don't want to make the page appear any more complex than it is already,
> so I personally don't like the idea of putting extra text in or next to the
> "click to ..." button in the middle.
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> And this is the first time this issue has ever been raised. I had to go
> and read my own code to discover what the limit was and how/where I had
> enforced it. Hardly *anyone* ever hits this, I think it's a very rare event.
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> Adding a tiny bit to the text at the top would be okay, in my view.
> Though possibly something really short such as
>         "...one or more files (maximum 200) for anyone..."
> Then I could probably fix all the language translations to a reasonable
> standard too, as I'm only trying to add 1 word.
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> Any thoughts?
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> Cheers,
> Jules.
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> On 13/07/2021 16:11, zend.to at neilzone.co.uk wrote:
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> On 13 Jul 2021, at 16:08, Marlon Deerr <MDeerr at hshlawyers.com> wrote:
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> Or better yet, why not (also) have some sort of message informing the user
> ahead of time of the limit.
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> I like that.
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> There’s already language relating to number of files in the text above the
> form (image attached), so perhaps this could draw on the number set by the
> administrator, and say something like “one or more files, up to a maximum
> of $limit_from_preferences, for anyone…”
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> But perhaps your suggestion of “Click to add up to $limit_from_preferences
> Files…” in the button text is more obvious to the user?
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> Neil
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