1214460 - "Delete this article" is so ambiguous it causes confusion regarding operation of reader mode

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox Graveyard :: Reading List, defect)

Description

[Douglas Calvert]

RePro:

1. Open article in Reading List Mode
2. Scroll to bottom
3. Befuddlement Begins


The button at the bottom of an article in reading list mode is utterly confusing. The user is prompted to "delete this article." WTF? 

When I "delete this article," where is the article deleted from? Possible options:  

1. The Browser cache
2. The Browser history
3. The Internet
4. The Saved Reading List

The crazy thing is that choice three is only slightly less of a ridiculous conclusion given how little evidence there is to support any of the other options. It certainly cannot be choice four because I never clicked the "add to reading list" button. Unless the "add to reading list" button is a joke that is only present to confuse readers. 

So does clicking this button delete the article from the internet or is the save to reading list button a cruel joke that misleads users about the operation of reading list mode?

Comment 1

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

Are you using this on Android, or desktop Firefox?

Comment 2

[Douglas Calvert]

This bug was submitted because I noticed the behavior on desktop. But whatever the platform is  the button label is utterly confusing.

Comment 3

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

Clear the browser.readinglist.enabled pref in about:config.

Reading List was never enabled on Desktop because the feature was never completed before being canceled and removed. This string is only displayed when reading list is enabled.

I disagree this is likely to actually be confusing (on a platform with reading list available).