87586 - fix "Delete Filter?" alert wording

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Filters, defect)

Description

[Håkan Waara]

If you click "Delete Filter" in the filter list, an alert pops up that asks you
if you really want to delete the selected filter.

"Delete this filter?". That is not a complete english sentence...

I suggest we use this wording instead: "Are you sure you want to delete this
filter?"

Comment 1

[Håkan Waara]

Attachment: simple fix

Comment 2

[Håkan Waara]

please r= and sr= this little wording change.

Comment 3

[Aaron Kaluszka]

well if you want to get technical, how about:

deleteFilterConfirmation=Are you sure that you want to delete this filter?

Comment 4

[timeless]

Bug is invalid as filed.

Grammatik (wp8):
sentence
\ clause 1:
  Delete	this		filter		?
  base verb	determiner	singular noun	punctuation

Comment 5

[Håkan Waara]

Ok, maybe it's a valid sentence - but that doesn't make this bug invalid. If you
want, this bug can be about making the wording easier to understand.

Comment 6

[jglick]

cc'ing jatin, tech pubs while Robin is out.  Suggest we go with whatever jatin 
suggests for wording.

Comment 7

[Håkan Waara]

Jglick, what's wrong with my wording?  Instead of blindly doing what jatin is
saying, can't you at least say what you think is bad about my wording?

Comment 8

[jglick]

Håkan, I don't think there is anything wrong with your wording. Obviously a 
decision needs to be made here, and I think the person with the formal training 
as a writer is the best person to make that call.

Comment 9

[timeless]

Ok, since hwaara believes there's a bug, i'm fixing the summary to be vaguely 
valid.

I do not endorse the spirit of this patch :o, it's patronizing.

I think undo support would be a better use of our time than changing a feature. 
I'm relatively confident mpt would tell us to replace this dialog w/ undo 
support.

I don't endorse [e-mail]'s patch either, but i am going to veto hwaara's 
patch based on ask's.

Comment 10

[Jatin Billimoria]

Sorry for my late input.
This sentence (the one used in the patch dated 6/25) is appropriate: 
     Are you sure you want to delete this filter?
Such wording is common in uninstallation and deletion dialog boxes.

Comment 11

[Håkan Waara]

naving, sspitzer: sr= r= on the wording fix?

Comment 12

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

rs=sspitzer

Comment 13

[Navin Gupta]

r=naving

Comment 14

[Håkan Waara]

Fix checked in earlier today.

Comment 15

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

update summary.

thanks for the fix.

Comment 16

[laurel]

Was this intended for trunk only? Seth, please confirm.

Comment 17

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

yes, it was trunk only.

Comment 18

[laurel]

OK, vtrunk keyword added.  I won't be looking at trunk builds until after
Netscape's commercial RTM.

Comment 19

[laurel]

OK using aug10 commercial trunk build: win98, mac OS 9.0, linux rh6.2