62712 - Import dialog, poor wording for text option

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Sebastian Späth]

There are often complaints that one can't import NS4 address books to mozilla.
Many doesn't recognize that importing "text" will also be able to import LDIF
files (actually I just found out because I was desperately looking for it).
I didn't know that LDIF is a text based format and I think we can't expect it
from users. So we need a better wording instead of just offering to import
"text" and/or a better description in the help text.
How about "Text & LDIF" and telling in the help text, "Import an address from a
text based file. LDIF (NS4) and comma delimited (.csv) files are also
supported." or something in this direction.

Comment 1

[jglick]

Adding Robin from Tech Pubs

Comment 2

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

*** Bug 64430 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Attachment: Patch, that makes it say, "Text (.LDIF, .CSV, .TAB)

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Attachment: Similar patch, but gets rid of the "." before each file type.

Comment 5

[timeless]

windows, i'd prefer Text (*.ldif, *.csv, *.tab, *.txt) this is relatively 
consistent with standard windows practice.

Comment 6

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Not my bug then ;-)  Someone will have to make a different DTD entity for each
OS, it seems.

Comment 7

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

To all on this bug, can't we check in my patch
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=24981 in the meantime,
and file a new bug?  I would think it'd be better to have at least the other
formats listed, than to not have them, and not check in anything to help the
user because we're not doing different DTD entities for each OS.  

Comment 8

[timeless]

-2000=Text
+2000=Text (%s)
+2001=ldif csv tab txt

-
javascript that converts a string of file formats into the platform specific 
presentation. and resolves %s to that presentation.

Comment 9

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Attachment: New, improved patch?

Comment 10

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

I still don't know how to perfectly address mac users with this dialog.

Comment 11

[Ninoschka Baca]

Marking Worksforme.

Trunk build 2002-01-08-03:Mac OS/X
File|Import, Address Book radio button and the import dialog now states 
"Text file (LDIF, .tab,.csv,.txt)

Changing summary from "Poor wording in import utility" to "Import dialog, poor 
wording for text option".

Comment 12

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Worksforme.