Re: Invite Attendees: What is the point of the "Support Outlook" check box?

gNeandr <gNeandr_@_g_m_x.de>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.calendar
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 02.12.2012 22:02, Marcel Stör wrote:
> I can nothing but agree with everything you said. Personal experience is
> that I haven't clicked it in years and never got a complaint that my
> invitations couldn't be interpreted correctly.
>
> Cheers,
> Marcel
>
> On 30.11.12 13:10, Peter Lairo wrote:
>> Invite Attendees: What is the point of the "Support Outlook" check box?
>>
>> This check box choice is confusing to me. What happens if I select the
>> check box? Do the non-Outlook recipients then receive a non-compatible
>> invitation? And if I do *not* select the check box? Do Outlook
>> recipients then receive a non-compatible invitation?
>>
>> If selecting the check box has no adverse effect on non-Outlook users,
>> then why not just make the invitation support Outlook by default and
>> remove the confusing check box from the dialog?
>>
>> Alternatively, if the check box needs to stay, then provide a link to
>> some help text (or a tool tip) that explains the meaning and
>> consequences of each choice.
>>
>> PS. I'm posting to "dev" and "support". The responder can decide which
>> newsgoup is more applicable and set the appropriate "Followup-To" switch.
>
>
Wasn't it about supporting an old OL version .. like OL2003? So maybe 
for newer versions it's not relevant?
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