Open Bug 1917765 Opened 1 year ago Updated 9 months ago

Misleading label in Troubleshooting Informations

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Version:
Thunderbird 128
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: terw, Unassigned)

Details

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open Menu > Help > Troubleshooting Information
  2. Toggle "[ ] Include account names (possibly identifying information)" and back

Actual results:

The path to "Profile Directory" is toggled also.

Seen on Version 128.2.0esr, Build ID 20240904072550, but issue exists probably in every version.

Expected results:

The label should tell that this path can be made visible here.

Everywhere else in TB, an Account is not a Profile, but you find Accounts in Mail directory in Profile directory.

It is neither intuitive nor logical that only here "Account" also means a Profile path.

I suggest to change the label text; the wording can be altered to keep the current label width, although there is no necessity to actually keep it at the current width.

Possible texts:

  • "Include account names (possibly identifying information)" [current]
  • "Include account names (possibly identifying information) and path to profile directory" [too long? => resize label]
  • "Include private information (account details, profile directory)"
  • "Include private data (account details, profile directory)"

Addendum: There is no indication (or it is well hidden) that the profile path can be obtained other than by opening a window with the [Open Directory] Button.

Component: Untriaged → Mail Window Front End
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