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Bug 65472 - [50cat] Add "Add..." to the "Databases" node in the Runtime explorer
Summary: [50cat] Add "Add..." to the "Databases" node in the Runtime explorer
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 74713
Alias: None
Product: db
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Andrei Badea
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Reported: 2005-09-30 03:50 UTC by clever
Modified: 2006-12-08 15:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description clever 2005-09-30 03:50:03 UTC 
The most intuitive way to add a database to "Databases" is to right click
"Databases"... I naturally look for "Add...". I don't see it.

After stumbling, I find the "Connect using.." against a specific driver.

I'd like to have some use case analysis.. I feel the addition of "Add.." to the
"Databases" node would be a more intuitive UI.
Comment 1 Andrei Badea 2005-09-30 10:55:43 UTC 
This action was there, but it was removed in the faith that it leads to better
GUI :-) I don't have a strong opinion about this, although I do feel that an Add
Connection action on Databases makes the functionality easier to find.
Reassigning to HIE for evaluation.
Comment 2 Andrei Badea 2006-03-26 21:59:33 UTC 
This is described as usability finding "[EE-24] Not clear how to connect to
database" in the March 2006 usability study:

http://ui.netbeans.org/usability/java_ee_March_2006/report.html

Should be fixed for 5.5.
Comment 3 Andrei Badea 2006-12-08 15:11:13 UTC 

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 74713 ***