[Design] "restore published shares.." menu option

[Reid Ellis]

On Sep 5, 2007, at 20:13, Mimi Yin wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:35 PM, Davor Cubranic wrote:
>> On Tuesday 04 September 2007 12:27:29 Mimi Yin wrote:
>>> Even though we expect 'Restore Published Shares' to be used by end-
>>> users, I still think of it as a hack...a tool we point people to  
>>> when
>>> something has gone wrong.
>>
>> Restore from .chex is in File menu though. Isn't using also sort of a
>> hack?
>
> Heh. Yes it's a hack, but it's the best one we've got! In other  
> words, "Reload .chex" is the *recommended* way to migrate your  
> data. "Restore published shares" is what you do when something goes  
> wrong because it doesn't restore subscriptions, accounts or  
> previously defined preferences.

.. or when you are installing on a separate computer, like your  
laptop, or perhaps after reformatting your drive after installing  
Leopard.

It's not just for when something "goes wrong".

Reid