[Design][Cosmo][Proposal] Subscribe/download .ics 'teaser'

[Mimi Yin]

Good point...
Perhaps we can make it 2 steps instead:
1. Select option from pulldown
2. Click a [Subscribe] button --> Attempt auto-launch of appropriate app

=====
Collection name: [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Bookmark this]
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Subscribe with Chandler -->  Dialog expands to display the following -
Copy and Paste this URL to the Collection>>Subscribe... menu item in  
Chandler:
URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]

Subscribe with iCal2x --> Dialog expands to display the following -
Copy and Paste this URL to the Calendar>>Subscribe... menu item in iCal:
URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Subscribe] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]

Subscribe with Feed Reader --> Dialog expands to display the following -
URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Subscribe] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]

Download calendar and tasks --> Downloads .ics file to Desktop

Other --> Displays the following in the dialog -
Find out which protocols your application supports and subscribe with  
the appropriate URL:
CalDAV: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
WebCal: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Atom: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Mimi

On Dec 12, 2006, at 4:21 PM, Bobby Rullo wrote:

> I don't like the "auto launching" part. Sometimes I just want to  
> copy the link, not launch an app. I want to select the item, then  
> see information for it below saying "Click the link to launch XXXX  
> or copy link into clipboard and paste into blah blah".
>
> People don't expect selecting an option will do something as  
> drastic as launching another app.
>
> Also, the "copy to clipboard" button - that's not a common web  
> convention, and not sure if it even works that well (can't get it  
> to work on Mac firefox right now for instance)
>
> Bobby
>
> On Dec 12, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>
>> Hope this clarifies rather than confuses:
>>
>> In the Collection details dialog (as in NOT the subscribe  
>> pulldown), there is a pull-down:
>>
>> =====
>> Collection name: [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Bookmark this]
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> -
>> Subscribe with:
>> |Chandler|v|
>> iCal 2x
>> Feed Reader
>> Download calendar and tasks*
>> Other...
>> =====
>> * I think Download needs to be above Other as well as Feed Reader.
>>
>> What happens when the user selects an option in the pulldown:
>>
>> Subscribe with Chandler -->  Dialog expands to display the  
>> following -
>> Copy and Paste this URL to the Collection>>Subscribe... menu item  
>> in Chandler:
>> URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]
>>
>> Subscribe with iCal2x --> Auto-launches iCal if you're on Mac and  
>> Dialog expands to display the following -
>> Copy and Paste this URL to the Calendar>>Subscribe... menu item in  
>> iCal:
>> URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]
>>
>> Subscribe with Feed Reader --> Attempts to Auto-launch feed reader  
>> and Dialog expands to display the following -
>> URL: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx] [Copy to Clipboard] [Help]
>>
>> Download calendar and tasks --> Downloads .ics file to Desktop
>>
>> Other --> Displays the following in the dialog -
>> Find out which protocols your application supports and subscribe  
>> with the appropriate URL:
>> CalDAV: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> WebCal: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Atom: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>
>> Questions:
>> + Does anybody else support Chandler Morse code? Users can already  
>> get a Chandler URL from the Subscribe with Chandler option.
>>
>> Mimi
>>
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