94037 - M&N prefs panel: change 'Mail' to 'Mail and News'

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

in the Mail and Newsgroups toplevel pref panel, i noticed that in the "General
Settings" section only Mail is referred to concerning the window layout.
shouldn't it refer to Mail and News?

in other words, rephrase the following:

old: Select the window layout you prefer for Mail
suggested: Select the window layout you prefer for Mail and News

old: Note: For this setting to take effect, you will need to exit and then
restart Mail.
suggested: For this setting to take effect, you will need to exit and then
restart Mail and News.

other related thoughts/questions:
* unsure if we should use 'and' in the panel content or '&' --i lean towards the
former, since it's descriptive text.
* what about the "Mail Start Page" section? should that be changed to mention
Mail and News as well? thoughts?

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

almost forgot the writers, my bad!

Comment 2

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

what ever we do, I think we should be consistent in the pref  tree and in the 
tasks menu.

"Tasks | Mail & News" and "Mail & News"
or
"Tasks | Mail and News" and "Mail and News"

one reason for doing " & " instead of " and ", is we are doing " & " in other 
places to save space.

Comment 3

[timeless]

vote for &.

how about just 'start page'? it's not a home page, it's just the start page of 
mail & news. </cheesy-justification>

Comment 4

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

stephend, do you want this one as well?

Comment 5

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

taking bug...

Comment 6

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

Jennifer, is it agreed to change the prefs panel instances to Mail & News?  
Since we're using the same nomenclature for the Tasks menu item?

Comment 7

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

Attachment: Patch, if Jennifer approves the change to 'Mail & News' globally

Comment 8

[jglick]

Seems ok to me. Robin you ok with this?

Comment 9

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

One of those changes might not make it in:

in aw-server.dtd:

-<!ENTITY haveSmtp1.label "'@server_name@' is set as your outgoing server
(SMTP). You need only one outgoing server, even for multiple accounts. Normally
you choose the outgoing server for your most active mail account . To specify
additional outgoing servers, choose Mail/News Account Settings from the Edit menu.">
+<!ENTITY haveSmtp1.label "'@server_name@' is set as your outgoing server
(SMTP). You need only one outgoing server, even for multiple accounts. Normally
you choose the outgoing server for your most active mail account . To specify
additional outgoing servers, choose Mail & News Account Settings from the Edit
menu.">


because from bug 94029:

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2001-08-07 14:02 -------

93182 is the Mail/News spin off of bug 89825.  

I believe mpt and gervase felt that "Mail/News" was redundant given the user was 
accessing the menu item from the Mail/New application. 

I won't make that change until bug 93182 has some action, but the rest of the
changes are okay, pending reviews?

Comment 10

[robinf]

Jennifer, yes, I'm OK with these changes.

Comment 11

[Blake Ross]

sr=blake if everyone agrees.

Comment 12

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

Ignore that patch, the Tasks portion of it has already landed, but bug 93182 is
the bug to watch to see if the rest of that patch can land.

Comment 13

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

Invalid now that bug 98453 landed...

Comment 14

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Invalid.