Marius Dumitru Florea wrote: > 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.
Agreed to remove the edit button if the FF extension is not already installed and configured. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
