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

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Heikki,

We could do the following:

(Could we have more of a margin around these dialogs? 15 points or  
pixels?)

===
Import
-----
File: [					] [Browse]
-----<IF .ICS FILE IS SELECTED>
Import:
	[  ] Event status
	[  ] Alarms

Import into: [ New collection | v ]
[  ] Keep out of Dashboard
				[Cancel] [Import]

-----<IF .CHEX FILE IS SELECTED>
Warning: xxxxx

				[Cancel] [Import]
===


===
Export
-----

Export to:
	(x) .chex for re-import into another version of Chandler.
	     (All data and settings will be exported.)

         (  ) .ics (iCal format) for re-import into another Calendar  
application.
	     (Only tasks and events will be exported.)

							[Cancel] [Export]	
===


On Nov 21, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:

> 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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