On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
Heikki, I like the idea of more consolidation, but I remember that
we specifically wanted to differentiate between regular ole file
Import with Reloading .chex files.
Aparna, to your point, we could rename the 'File location:' field,
'iCal/.ics file:'
That should work in the case I was describing below, making it less
confusing for users.
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Import Tasks and Events
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iCal / .ics file: [ ] [Browse]
Import:
[ x ] Reminders
[ x ] E vent Status
Import events into: [ New collection | v ]
[ ] Keep out of Dashboard
===
Mimi
On Nov 19, 2007, at 3:22 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:
Aparna Kadakia wrote:
I think having the ics or icalendar or iCal notation in the above
menu
items might help users understand what format the export and import
deals with. Especially for people looking for ics compatibility. To
tell you about my experience when I first experimented with Google
calendar, one of the first things I wanted to try was import my ics
calendar into Google. Even though the link says "Import Calendar" as
soon as you are on that screen, it says "Choose the file that
contains
your events. Google Calendar can import event information in iCal
or CSV
(MS Outlook) format."
I knew I was in the right place. Just saying "Import/Export
Tasks and
Events.." might confuse the users since the subsequent dialog
doesn't
explain what format it takes.
What if we provided just Import... and Export... menu items, and
determined the type of import automatically from file extension
(default
suffix mask should contain all defaults we support, other options to
limit by type, and of course the * option)? For ics we can then
pop up
the warning that this will only do the job for tasks and events.
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