83869 - Profile Wizard should use new wizard binding

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Startup & Profiles, defect, P3)

Description

[Blake Ross]

La la la.

Comment 1

[Blake Ross]

Taking.

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

Matthew, give me a spec for this wizard now or forever hold its peace (I've 
already done the work)

Oh, and please try to limit yourself to the features we've already implemented, 
at this point ;-)

Specifically, I'm struggling with the text to use for the title as opposed to 
the description for each wizard page (Windows, at least, has both such 
elements).  I notice other Windows wizards have lame title/description 
combinations that are often redundant.  I'd be reluctant to have only a title 
or description because it'd be inconsistent with other Windows wizards (and I 
think the bolded/non-bolded text combo. is aesthetically pleasing), but if we 
can't find a use for both...

Comment 3

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Don't use an assistant (aka wizard) for this. Firstly, there aren't nearly 
enough steps involved for an assistant to be necessary. And secondly, an 
assistant should only ever be an alternative UI for doing something, it should 
never be the only method.

What have we got to specify here?
*   profile name
*   folder (optional)
*   icon (future)
*   UI language.

Only four things. They could fit comfortably in a single dialog.

Comment 4

[Blake Ross]

Maybe that's true on mac.  Not on Windows.

I asked Ben why we needed a wizard also, and he said people wanted the intro 
text. I don't care either way.  A wizard works fine for me.

Comment 5

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Um, exactly which part of my comment is not true on Windows?

Is it (1) the fact that you shouldn't provide a wizard as the only method of 
doing something?
|
| Use a wizard to supplement rather than replace the user's direct ability to
| perform a specific task.
|
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/
ch13h.asp>

Or is it (2) the fact that it is possible to include as many as four (!) things 
in a single dialog?
|
| +-----------------------------------------------------+
| | New Profile ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|
| +-----------------------------------------------------+
| |                                                     |
| |   Profile _Name: [blake2                          ] |
| |                                                     |
| | Profile _Folder: "Profiles"          ( Choose ... ) |
| |                  (A folder "blake2" will be created |
| |                  inside this folder.)               |
| |                                                     |
| |   |`= _Language: [  English (en-US)             :^] |
| |                                                     |
| |                             ( Cancel ) (( Create )) |
| +-----------------------------------------------------+
| 
Looks pretty possible to me.

As for intro text, that needs to be included in the Profile Manager, not the 
New Profile dialog. By the time the user asks to create a new profile, it's
*way* too late to tell them what profiles are for.

Comment 6

[timeless]

i think blake was saying there were more things to configure for windows, like 
system integration, turbo, making dinner, ...

Comment 7

[Blake Ross]

default owner.

Comment 8

[Grace Bush]

one of the bugs that this blocks - bug 28338- is an accessibility issue, but 
this is Futured. 

Nominating this for machv 

Comment 9

[Peter Trudelle]

nsbeta1- per Nav triage team

Comment 10

[Stefan Borggraefe]

FIXED with the checkin for bug 220891.