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

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.

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


On Nov 21, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:

> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> However, as Heikki suggested we *can* simplify the UI by  
>> consolidating
>> Import/Export with Export/Reload. I don't really see how we can  
>> combine
>> them into one pair of dialogs (short of implementing a wizard of  
>> sorts.)
>> However, we could do something as simple as creating sub-menu items
>> under import and export.
>
> Please note that I was not proposing one pair of dialogs. Maybe it was
> not clear from my earlier post.
>
> Trying to make it clearer... So in the case of one selecting File >
> Import... you first select a file to import. Then, based on the  
> file suffix:
>
> *.chex => we reload the .chex file, same what happens now when you
> select File > Reload Collections and Settings...
>
> *.ics => you get the same dialog you get now from File > Import Tasks
> and Events from an iCalendar File, except File location field is not
> editable and there is no Browse button
>
> *.csv => (Maybe we don't support this yet, but would import something
> from csv file)
>
> *.txt => (We don't support this yet, but could see a plugin that made
> .txt imported into a note, possibly stamping as event if it parsed
> date/time info)
>
> *.eml => (Import an email message, do we support this yet?)
>
> and so forth for other formats. Doing it this way would let plugins  
> add
> support for new file formats.
>
> -- 
>   Heikki Toivonen
>
>
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