André Dahlqvist Reporter
	Description • 23 years ago

[Build-ID: 2002-01-25-15]

In the Mail/News Account Wizard you can choose to create two different accounts:

o ISP or email provider
o Newsgroup account

I think the former one should be named "E-mail account" to better describe what
it does, and to better match the second account type.

Below I will attach a patch.

	Alex Bishop
	Comment 2 • 23 years ago

In the Netscape builds, there's also 'Netscape Webmail' and 'AOL account'
options. I guess that's why the wording 'ISP or email provider' was initially
chosen because it covers just ISP accounts and POP3/IMAP4 accounts from third
party providers (not webmail services).

However, I think that 'E-mail account' is better wording but it should be
'Email' (sans hyphen) for consistency with the wording elsewhere in the product.

CC'ing Jennifer Glick and Robin Foster Clark.

	robinf
	Comment 4 • 23 years ago

Agree that we should use email (no hyphen), as this is consistent with Netscape
style guidelines.

Please add a space to the word "setup" in these two lines, so that it appears as
"set up":

<!ENTITY accountTypeDesc.label "This Wizard will collect the information
necessary to set up a Mail or Newsgroup account. If you do not know the
information requested, please contact your System Administrator or Internet
Service Provider.">

<!ENTITY accountTypeDirections.label "Select the type of account you would like
to set up:">

	André Dahlqvist Reporter
	Comment 6 • 23 years ago

I need someone to review and check this in for me.

	Alex Bishop
	Comment 7 • 23 years ago

Updating summary from to reflect correct hyphenation.

	jglick
	Comment 8 • 23 years ago

Robin, you ok with changing "ISP or email provider" to just "Email account"? 
Will the distinction between AOL email and Netscape Webmail be clear?

	robinf
	Comment 9 • 23 years ago

Jen raises a good point. To be clear about what we mean by "Email account" as
distinct from WebMail or AOL accounts, I'd suggest adding some parenthetical text: 

* Email account (For example, through your ISP or email provider)

	André Dahlqvist Reporter
	Comment 10 • 23 years ago

Please, don't! Do we really have to clutter up the dialog with that? It doesn't
really make it clearer either because AOL is an ISP and Netscape provides email
services and could therefore be considered an email provider.

	Alex Bishop
	Comment 11 • 23 years ago

I agree with André. If someone is planning to set up a Netscape Webmail (which
they seem to be calling Netscape Mail now) or AOL mail account, they will see
those options on the same screen and choose one of them rather than 'Email account'.

	jglick
	Comment 12 • 23 years ago

What about just "Email account (ISP or email provider)"?

	André Dahlqvist Reporter
	Comment 13 • 23 years ago

My comments about AOL being an ISP and Netscape being an email provider still apply.

	robinf
	Comment 14 • 23 years ago

I agree that AOL is an ISP and Netscape is an email provider. But in the first 
screen of the wizard, we are asking users to make a distinction (albeit, a 
somewhat artificial one) to tell us which type of account they intend to create. 
In order to help them make that distinction, I think "Email account" needs to be 
clarified. Some suggestions:

"Email account (alternate ISP or email provider)"  or possibly

"Email account (another ISP or email provider)"

	André Dahlqvist Reporter
	Comment 15 • 23 years ago

Including "another" is even worse since it looks weird when the user doesn't see
the AOL and Netscape options (such as in Mozilla). I regret that I filed this
bug in the first place. Please don't mention me if you check in a patch that
looks something like those suggestions.

	Ninoschka Baca
	Comment 16 • 23 years ago

I agree with Alex's statement in comment# 11. I like the "Email Account" label
and user's who have AOL or Netscape WebMail will recognize those specific choices. 

	jglick
	Comment 17 • 23 years ago

OK with me if Robin is ok with that. "Email Account" 

	robinf
	Comment 18 • 23 years ago

I'll go along with the majority opinion for "Email Account"

	racham Assignee
	Comment 19 • 23 years ago

Ninoschka, Jennifer & Robin, 

All of you meant 'Email account', right ?

Or if it is 'Email Account', we need to change 'Newsgroup account' (in mozilla)
and AOL account in commercial builds to be consistent.

	jglick
	Comment 20 • 23 years ago

'Email account' ;-)

	racham Assignee
	Comment 21 • 23 years ago

Comment on attachment 66906 [details] [diff] [review]
New patch that also changes "setup" to "set up" in two places.

r=bhuvan

	racham Assignee
	Comment 22 • 23 years ago

Fixed. I am really sorry that I forgot to mention André Dahlqvist's name in the
checkin comments. All credit goes to him. Will certaily mention this in the
status report so that Scott Putterman will mention that in the mailnews status
summary.

Thanks also to Alex, Ninoschka, Jennifer and Robin for thier continuous input
and approvals.

Marking Fixed.

	Ninoschka Baca
	Comment 23 • 23 years ago

Trunk build 2002-02-04-03:WinMe, ok
Trunk build 2002-02-04:Linux RH 7.1, ok
Trunk build 2002-02-04:Mac 9.1 (Olgam's system), ok
Verified Fixed, it now states "Email account"