[Design] Manage Share/Collection Sharing dialog

[Grant Baillie]

On 29 Jun, 2006, at 08:53, Mimi Yin wrote:

> It seems like if the user re-names an account, it would be to  
> change it to something that is more meaningful to them.
>
> For example, OOTB, we might call the Cosmo Sharing account: Cosmo  
> Sharing Service.
>
> However, an user who is told to share via Cosmo Sharing because  
> their office has decided to adopt the Chandler Ecosystem might  
> associate that account more with their job, than with the OSAF  
> server Cosmo. As a result, they may change the name of the account  
> to: Work Sharing.
>
> Either way, the account name is the user's way of identifying the  
> server/service that is being used to share the collection.
>
> The server/service that is being used to share the collection is  
> simply part of the profile of the share and in some situations it  
> is a helpful piece of information to have when managing a shared  
> collection.
>
> Otherwise, it's like looking at your Outbox in your email client  
> and only being able to see the Title of the email, but not being  
> able to see which account you sent the email from. Most of the  
> time, it doesn't matter, but once in a while, it does.
>
> That being said, Priscilla's original observation is spot on. There  
> are better and worse ways to communicate the concept of the sharing  
> server/service. Changing the OOTB name of the Sharing account from  
> 'Sharing' to 'Cosmo Sharing Service' would be a first step.  
> Changing the name of the field from 'Sharing account' to 'Shared  
> via' would be a second.
>
> WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS CONFUSING:
> Collection name: My calendar
> Sharing account: Sharing
>
> PROPOSED CHANGE:
> Collection name: My calendar
> Shared via: Cosmo Sharing Service (or whatever we call the service  
> in the future)
>
> Q. Can we figure out the server or service name for subscribers as  
> well?

We certainly know the host name (e.g. "cosmo-demo.osafoundation.org")  
and could display that. I'm not sure what you mean by "service name",  
though.

--Grant