[Design] Conslidate File Menu

[Aparna Kadakia]

On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Heikki, I like the idea of more consolidation, but I remember that  
> we specifically wanted to differentiate between regular ole file  
> Import with Reloading .chex files.
>
> Aparna, to your point, we could rename the 'File location:' field,  
> 'iCal/.ics file:'

That should work in the case I was describing below, making it less  
confusing for users.

>
> ===
> Import Tasks and Events
> -----
> iCal / .ics file: [                                       ] [Browse]
>
> Import:
> [ x ] Reminders
> [ x ] E vent Status
>
> Import events into: [ New collection | v ]
>
> [   ] Keep out of Dashboard
> ===
>
> Mimi
>
> On Nov 19, 2007, at 3:22 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>
>> Aparna Kadakia wrote:
>>> I think having the ics or icalendar or iCal notation in the above  
>>> menu
>>> items might help users understand what format the export and import
>>> deals with. Especially for people looking for ics compatibility.  To
>>> tell you about my experience when I first experimented with Google
>>> calendar, one of the first things I wanted to try was import my ics
>>> calendar into Google. Even though the link says "Import Calendar" as
>>> soon as you are on that screen, it says "Choose the file that  
>>> contains
>>> your events. Google Calendar can import event information in iCal  
>>> or CSV
>>> (MS Outlook) format."
>>> I knew I was in the right place.  Just saying "Import/Export  
>>> Tasks and
>>> Events.." might confuse the users since the subsequent dialog  
>>> doesn't
>>> explain what format it takes.
>>
>> What if we provided just Import... and Export... menu items, and
>> determined the type of import automatically from file extension  
>> (default
>> suffix mask should contain all defaults we support, other options to
>> limit by type, and of course the * option)? For ics we can then  
>> pop up
>> the warning that this will only do the job for tasks and events.
>>
>> -- 
>>   Heikki Toivonen
>>
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