Closed Bug 26884 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Should Biff box checked with 0 minutes entered??

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25473

People

(Reporter: fenella, Assigned: alecf)

Details

From Fenella's email: An item for your mail issue meeting?
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Hi Jennifer, 

Referring to bug 25473, in which a bug is fixed so that when 0 is entered in
the  "Checked for new mail every X minutes", there will not be any biff even
though that box is checked.  So I asked Scott Putterman "What is the difference
between Unchecked this box and Checked this box with 0 minutes entered".  Scott
said there is not any.   If there is Not any difference,  I propose either: 

1. Disallow the user to enter 0 in the "Checked for new mail every X minutes" 
field, or 
2. When the user enter 0 in this field, the application automatically unchecked
the checkbox. 

Otherwise, it may be a bit confusing to the user. 

Just a thought! 

Thanks, 
Fenella 

From Jennife Glick:  
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According to Fenella, the user could have the "Check for new mail every <X> 
minutes" box checked, and since 0 is entered in the text field, no biff will 
occur at all.  This is kinda confusing.  User may wonder why they have this box 
selected, but biff is not working. 

Some potential solutions:
1. Disallow the user to enter 0 in the "Check for new mail every X minutes"  
field.  If 0 is entered, it is replaced by a 1 (or smallest valid #), when the 
user tabs out of the field or closes the dialog.
2. When the user enter 0 in this field, the application automatically unchecks 
the checkbox.
3.  If a user enters 0, a dialog pops up and informs the user that 0 is not an 
valid number.  

Personally, I think #1 is the best way to go.  What the user was trying to do 
was turn on biff and set the shortest possible interval.  By automatically 
setting it to the smallest allowable interval if a 0 is entered, the user gets 
the behavior closes to what they wanted.  

Automatically  unchecking the box.  Users may not notice this and wonder why 
biff isn't working. "I keep going back to that dialog and turning the feature 
on, but it keeps turning it self off!"

And its nice to avoid the dialog is possible.
QA Contact: lchiang → fenella
Summary: [Feature] Tracking: Biff box checked with 0 minutes entered → [Feature] Tracking: Should Biff box checked with 0 minutes entered??
cc'ing alec for account manager stuff.
it looks like all of this would happen in the account manager so assigning to alecf.
Assignee: putterman → alecf
sounds good to me.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M17
[FEATURE] bugs past M16 are OUT for this release.  Marking M20.  If you disagree 
with this action, please help me explain it to the PDT.
Target Milestone: M17 → M20
Not trying to play schedule chicken, but this seems like a bug to me, not a
feature. All you have to do is disable the editbox when the checkbox is clear
and you're done. Right?
removed feature from summary.
Summary: [Feature] Tracking: Should Biff box checked with 0 minutes entered?? → Should Biff box checked with 0 minutes entered??
the remainder of this bug is a dup of 25473


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25473 ***
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Mark it verified/dup.

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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