Marius Dumitru Florea wrote: > Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: >> Silvia Rusu wrote: >>> Hi devs, >>> >>> I propose we make "Edit this attachment" in the "Attachments" tab an >>> advanced feature in the advanced edit mode. >>> >>> When trying to use "Edit this attachment": >>> - in IE you get the following message: "Could not initialize a required >>> ActiveX object" >>> - in FF 3.5.2 installing the extension delivers the following >>> message:"FoxWiki 1.0b could not be installed because it is not compatible >>> with Firefox 3.5.2". >>> - installing the extension on an older version of FF requires additional >>> configuration, which the average user may not know how to perform. >>> >>> Under the above circumstances I think "Edit this attachment" will cause >>> confusion for the average user instead of providing a useful tool. >>> >>> WDYT? >> -1 >> >> This is a technical problem, but the feature is really nice especially >> for simple users. It allows, for example, to edit Word attachments with >> a simple click. > > "simple click"? That is after you find the right browser, install the > extension (unsigned, but that shouldn't scare any simple user), try to > configure the extension, search for the "Application Path" (where was it > installed?..ah found it /usr/bin/gedit), try to edit, "Error opening > file..", ah, search for an editor supporting WebDAV (or maybe gedit > supports it but it needs to be configured?.. what's WebDAV?..) and > finally give up. > > I don't think WebDAV and Firefox extensions are for simple users, at > least with the current steps needed to install and configure.
What about showing the "Edit this attachment" icon in simple mode only if the WebDAV support is available (i.e. FoxWiki extension installed on Firefox) and always in advanced mode. This way an experienced user can install and configure the WebDAV support making the feature available to all the simple users using the same machine. Marius > > Marius > >> Better: Fix FoXWiki to work with modern FF, make the script better >> detect when WebDAV can be used in IE. >> > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
