218867 - Mention 'Options' In Firebird:Preferences

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Hermann Schwab]

If a Firebird user wants to file a bug regarding his 'Options', how should he
know that the components name in bugzilla is 'Preferences' ?

Comment 1

[timeless]

I think we could add a mention of tools>options in the description...

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Agreed, adding Tools->Options at most is what's needed.  If a user can't figure
out that his bug belongs under Preferences after reading the description, I
don't have much faith in his ability to file a useful, non-duplicate bug report.
 (I already read enough bugspam from dupes, I don't think we need to lower the
bar farther).

Also remember that Preferences is more than just the Tools->Options UI

Comment 3

[Hermann Schwab]

>Also remember that Preferences is more than just the Tools->Options UI
What should a Firebird user know about bloated preferences?
By design he should use slim options, or a full power extension, 
like http://preferential.mozdev.org/

I read a lot of postings of Firebird users in mozilla forums at mozillazine,
you can´t prevent them by any means to post in the wrong forum or category.
The least I want is more bugs filed from Firebird users, but it would be nice,
to enable those who know, to find the right component.

I´m not at all content with the wording 'Options', because imho 'Preferences' is
the better wording. But I started with NS3 or lower, and didn´t like and use IE,
so my humble opinion maybe somewhat not so humble biased.
Firebird is actively pressed on people with the argument of beeing slim, more
modern with lots of themes, extensions and such stuff, and mozilla is bloated
crap. But with each major change in Firebird or new release there are tons of
bugs filed as browser/general, because themes and extensions are broken.
Maybe we should replace Browser with MozillaBrowser, or better, replace both of
them, with BrowserMozilla and BrowserFirebird, so that both selections are in
the vicinity, at the same time seen by the user, so he must choose.

But mozillazine is contributing to this, they have the headings
Firebird (Browser), Thunderbird (Mail), and Mozilla Suite
for their forums regarding FB, TB and Moz.
Have a look here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php?c=4

Mozilla Firebird (Browser)  	 
	Firebird General
                 General discussion of browser topics.
	Firebird Builds
                 Talk about nightly browser builds and the Build Bar.
	Firebird Features
                 Talk about what features you like in the browser, 
                 and ones you would like to see.
	Firebird Bugs
                 Talk about bugs in the browser before submitting them.
	
Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail/News)
 	 
Mozilla Suite

Each of the four forums mentions browser, so why do they write it in parens in
the heading for all four of them?  Seems, that browser == Firebird?

Firebird is a browser, but Firebird is product Firebird, and Mozilla is product
browser. That must be confusing for somebody who only knows Firebird from the
Gecko browsers spectrum.

Comment 4

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Suggested wording for the component list "Bugs and feature requests for Firebird
preferences. This includes the Tools->Options UI as well as the preference
defaults."

As QA for the component in question, I really don't feel any more needs to be
changed.  Blake doesn't read bugmail, so I wouldn't expect to see much in the
way of comment from him unless we ask on IRC.

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Seems reasonable to me. 

Comment 6

[timeless]

done