[mythtv-users] Auto expire setting ambiguity

[Peter Darley]

On Oct 10, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>
> However, all is not lost:  it's not necessary to change the control  
> to a
> checkbox.  All that is needed to remove ambiguity is to change the  
> text
> to read "Auto Expire is ON" and "Auto Expire is OFF", or something
> similar.  This would actually reverse the current sense of the button
> from the user's point of view (it's currently an "action" button, this
> would make it a "status" button), but it would be absolutely clear  
> that
> the button text reflected the current status.

Or better might be "Set to  auto-expire" or "Cancel auto-expire".   
This wouldn't cause problems with people who are used to using the  
buttons as they are now.