Open Bug 597362 Opened 14 years ago Updated 2 years ago

thunderbird:doesn't show clearly that there is nothing to import in the Import Wizard

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(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

defect

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(Not tracked)

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(Reporter: mcepl, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: ux-efficiency, ux-error-prevention)

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Attached image unhelpful dialog
1.Launch Thunderbird
2.Click Tools->Import
3.Select Import Everything,and click Next
4.Click Next

Actual results:
Blank screen without any information what's the current situation (apparently user has no other account to import data from) and unhelpful button Next which does nothing.

Expected results:
Expect some information of the current situation so that user can understand what's going on
Severity: normal → minor
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Version: 3.1 → Trunk
I would suggest the option of browsing to another directory location where the old e-mail files are located, i.e., the identities folder on another hard drive for Outlook Express, etc.
Severity: minor → S4
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