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Bug 26975 - A more intuitive name for "Convert to Default"
Summary: A more intuitive name for "Convert to Default"
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: _ tboudreau
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-09-03 08:16 UTC by Petr Jiricka
Modified: 2008-12-23 10:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Petr Jiricka 2002-09-03 08:16:51 UTC 
If you have a file that is not recognized by any 
dataloader, it has the "Treat as Text" action. If you 
perform this action, the file will have action "Convert to 
Default". This name is not consistent with Treat as Text.

I suggest the action should be renamed to "Treat as 
Unknown". I suggest "Unknown" because it is more intuitive 
than "Default".
Comment 1 David Simonek 2002-09-03 09:32:03 UTC 
Petr, did you mean "Convert to Unknown" instead of "Convert to
Default", didn't you?

I sort of agree, maybe even better would be pair: "Treat as Text",
"Treat as Unknown". However action "Treat as Unknown" should appear on
similar place where action "Treat as Text" was to help user recognize
that actions are of "toggle" type.

UI team please help us to decide.
Comment 2 Petr Jiricka 2002-09-03 09:40:01 UTC 
Yes, I agree. I mean "Treat as Unknown" sounds best.
Comment 3 Marian Mirilovic 2003-01-06 11:01:49 UTC 
I have changed version from 4.0 dev to S1S 4.2 (Nevada).
Comment 4 jrojcek 2004-01-17 17:52:40 UTC 
John, what do you think. What is the best name for opposit action to "Treat as Text"?

- "Treat as Unknown"
- "Treat as Unrecognized"
- "Stop Treating as Text"
- ...
Comment 5 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2004-01-19 13:14:40 UTC 
"Treat as Unknown" sounds good, since Unknown is what the file
displays before the user runs the command on it.
Comment 6 jrojcek 2004-01-19 17:06:26 UTC 
Okay, so lets call it "Treat as Unknown".
Comment 7 _ tboudreau 2004-02-21 17:11:22 UTC 
FWIW, "Stop Treating as Text" seems considerably more clear to me - "Treat as Unknown" 
seems terribly mysterious - especially is a user sets Treat as Text in one session, forgets 
about it, and see this menu item many sessions down the road.  I know I'd be much more 
likely to remember "Oh yeah, I chose Treat as Text for .foobar files once" than to figure 
out what "Treat as Unknown" means.  But maybe I just have poor long term memory :-)
Comment 8 mslama 2004-04-19 15:04:59 UTC 
Assigning to Tim
Comment 9 _ tboudreau 2004-05-01 14:12:58 UTC 
Fixed as part of another issue, along with making behavior of convert to text more 
intuitive.

Convert to Text -> Open as Text - and it opens the file after setting the loader.  Warning 
dialog removed.

Convert to Default -> Stop Treating as Text - and if the file is open, will warn the user 
that if they proceed it will be closed.
Comment 10 Marian Mirilovic 2004-08-16 15:54:04 UTC 
verified