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Conclusions tab shows apparently the pre-Benchmark introductory
explanation?
AFTER a Benchmark:
Benchmark is not automatic ( unless we run the command line
/AUTO ), so we need to review all tabs, and options, confirm we're
looking at whatever we want tested with whatever settings we
want to test with, then click [ Run Benchmark ].
Perhaps upon first starting up and completing the initial DNS server characterization, a little prompt window should ask whether its use now wishes to run the benchmark? As we know, those who are familiar with the tool appreciate being able to browse around at the loaded servers, see what's dead, what's sidelined, etc. But since most of that browsing is optional and things like sidelining and speed, etc. default to useful settings, most users would probably just want to run the benchmark?
As an alternative, what about highlighting the Run Benchmark button?
Also, what about putting a message on the Tabular Data and Conclusions pages like "You haven't run the benchmark yet!"?
Considering how important the run benchmark button is to the overall function of the program, it makes little sense to me to "hide" it on one specific sub-tab of the UI. It should probably be a bigger button that the user cannot escape until after they actually press it
Alternatively, now that we have a new menu system, maybe a top level menu item needs to be "Run Benchmark"?Additionally, there is a clue in what the user above wrote... They waited for something to change and nothing did. So the UI could notice the user hasn't run the benchmark after some amount of time (5 to 10 minutes) and then pop up a reminder/explanation that they need to do so. (If implemented, allowing this feature to be disabled in the INI file would make sense for the more advanced users who would otherwise be annoyed.)
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