[Design] [Re-Proposal] Import/Export, Export/Reload Consolidated

[Heikki Toivonen]

Aparna Kadakia wrote:
> FWIW, I like Mimi's proposal as she put it in the last email. It's much
> clearer to the user what the outcome of the different actions will be.
> If I am trying to import .chex and .ics, using the same 'Import' option
> for both may not be exactly intuitive to most users.

To me this design below requires users to choose up front WHAT they want
to import from what FORMATs. I'd argue most users have no clue.

Maybe when exporting you'd need to present the user with a dialog first
to choose what to export, which will explain/show what format the info
can be exported into. Seems like exporting would be harder to do in an
easy to understand way.

> File>>
> + Import>>
> ++ Import Tasks and Events from .ics File...
> ++ Reload Chandler Data from .chex File...
> 
> + Export>>
> ++ Export Tasks and Events to .ics File
> ++ Export Chandler Data to .chex File

Additionally, suppose you add 10 import/export plugins... Now your
submenu has ballooned to a length of 12.

-- 
  Heikki Toivonen


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