[General] Desktop import/export wiki page

[Katie Capps Parlante]

+1 looks much better, thanks Mimi.

Cheers,
Katie

mimi at osafoundation.org wrote:
> I've done another pass at the page with Katie and Ted's framing in mind.
> 
> It's now a short list of apps with instructions...and then notes about
> bugs and issues if there are any.
> 
> I've gotten rid of the apps that didn't have instructions and expanded on
> the note at the top inviting people to add their own troubleshooting
> advice.
> 
> I propose we rename this page ChandlerDesktopImportExport since I imagine
> we will continue to maintain / expand it after Preview.
> 
> Mimi
> 
> http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/PreviewDesktopImportExport
> 
> 
>> I'm in agreement that the page is for end users (not primarily a
>> planning page). I do think that a little bit of information on related
>> bugs is interesting/useful for users -- they could want to know if/when
>> we plan on fixing a bug or adding support for something.
>>
>> My main complaint with the current page is that the "description" column
>> is all scrunched and unreadable. I'd rather have a list of products and
>> link to detailed instructions than try and read that as is.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Katie
>>
>> Mimi Yin wrote:
>>> Ah, ic. I think there is value in calling out issues in the same place,
>>> but you're right, the emphasis should be more about instructions and
>>> less about bugs. I will take another pass at this page with this in
>>> mind...
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Ted Leung wrote:
>>>
>>>> Last week we had some discussion about the desktop import/export wiki
>>>> page:
>>>> <http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/PreviewDesktopImportExport>.  I
>>>> volunteered to drive a revision of this page.
>>>>
>>>> I see that Mimi has already removed some of the stuff that I found
>>>> most objectionable:  use of the wiki for bugzilla like tasks.   This
>>>> is an end user page.  If we want to plan to rectify deficiencies in
>>>> our Import/Export support, I think we should do that on a separate
>>>> page (or move this content to a separate page).
>>>>
>>>> I think that this page should just be a list of  products, and
>>>> instructions for how to import/export data between that product and
>>>> Chandler desktop.    If we don't currently have solutions but feel
>>>> that a product is important, we should have an entry that says
>>>> something like:  "We don't have an import/export recipe for XXX yet,
>>>> if you use XXX and have a recipe, feel free to add it here. If you
>>>> want hep debugging the Chandler end of a recipe that you are working
>>>> on, you can drop a note onto the chandler-users mailing list."
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
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