[Design] [Cosmo][Dogfood] Using the Account Browser to restore a lost Chandler repo

[Ted Leung]

On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:10 AM, Travis Vachon wrote:

> Hi Mimi
>
> Thanks for the feedback on this, really interesting stuff.
>>
>> + Can we rename the links to the tickets? [Chandler] [DAV] [ Feeds] ?
>
> Interestingly, I already have a bug to change this link.  
> Unfortunately, it's asking for yet another name:
>
> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8060
>
> Any thoughts? The "Magic URL" is, by definition, overloaded, so it  
> makes sense that we're having trouble giving it a name. I think the  
> best thing to do would be to name the link in accordance with our  
> expectations for the "primary user" of the account browser and to  
> give it a "tooltip" that describes all the various functions it  
> serves.

1. The bug asks for reasonable labels given that the account browser  
is the only way to get a bookmarkable url.  Even when Chandler can  
supply bookmarkable urls, people who only use the Cosmo UI will need  
a way to generate a bookmarkable url to hand around
2. The term "Magic URL" should be expunged from everyone's vocabulary  
and replaced with "bookmarkable url"
3. I see no reason that the links couldn't be [Chandler][Bookmarkable  
URL][DAV][Feeds] - I don't think the duplication is that bad, and  
hiding alternate usages in a tooltip is just going to result in  
support queries.   Alternately, I'd be satisifed with a bookmarkable  
URL option in the collection details dialog.

Bookmarkable URL's are *really* handy.  I don't even bother to go to  
the main osaf.us page anymore, I just jump to  r/w bookmarkable url  
for my work calendar.

>
> So the questions are:
>
> 1) Who is the primary user of the account browser? and based on  
> that: What should the link text be?
> 2) What all should go in the tooltip?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Travis
>
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