http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&feed=atom&action=historyTalk:Profile folder - Revision history2024-03-29T15:34:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.1http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=32198&oldid=prevAlice Wyman: /* Density */2007-06-08T01:10:52Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:::I think the caution would be a good idea to tip off novice users that they need to look at the linked articles. Otherwise, some users will just assume that the "profile" folder in the program files is the profile folder for their user data. Lots of users hate to click links and just getting many of them to click the [[Profile folder]] link is hard enough. Once they get to that article, a "caution" will help them avoid this common mistake that you see made so many times on the forums, since the revised profile folder article won't have any information about the "real" profile folder location. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 01:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::I agree with tanstaafl regarding the proposed article and the screenshots. We could create a hand-holding version for the most common user, just like the creating a profile article.--[[User:Np|Np]] 23:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::I agree with tanstaafl regarding the proposed article and the screenshots. We could create a hand-holding version for the most common user, just like the creating a profile article.--[[User:Np|Np]] 23:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:::I'm working on my proposed [[User:Alice_Wyman/Proposed_article |"Finding the profile folder on Windows]] article, little by little and I've just added a couple of screenshots. I was thinking along the lines you both suggest, turning it into a supplementary article for Windows users who need extra help, along the lines of the [[Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows]] article. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 01:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Alice Wymanhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=32187&oldid=prevNp: /* Density */2007-06-07T23:13:27Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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</table>Nphttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=32186&oldid=prevTanstaafl: happy with app. specific articles, proosed alternative for finding on windows article2007-06-07T22:54:03Z<p>happy with app. specific articles, proosed alternative for finding on windows article</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Also, once this article is reduced to an Intro and app-specific links, I was thinking to create a new article, [[Finding the profile folder on Windows]] which I started [[User:Alice_Wyman/Proposed_article |here]] and maybe include some screenshots for Windows users that need extra help, then link it to this article. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 17:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Also, once this article is reduced to an Intro and app-specific links, I was thinking to create a new article, [[Finding the profile folder on Windows]] which I started [[User:Alice_Wyman/Proposed_article |here]] and maybe include some screenshots for Windows users that need extra help, then link it to this article. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 17:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::I didn't find Alices proposed article much more usable than the SeaMonkey profile folder article, even though it was shorter. Most of the extra length was in the file listing at the end which a windows user trying to find the profile location normally wouldn't even see (since they'd have to scroll/page down to it). However, I like the idea of screen shots. I suggest you turn the proposed article into a supplementary article (for those who have problems with the normal article) that consisted almost entirely of screen shots showing step by step in exquisite detail how to find a profile. i.e. something thats long and not your first choice, but will guarantee that even the most computer illiterate user could find the profile. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 22:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Tanstaaflhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=32181&oldid=prevAlice Wyman: /* Density */ Are we good with what we've created?2007-06-07T17:52:09Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density: </span> Are we good with what we've created?</span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: I'm fine with the SeaMonkey article, which I recently edited to remove all non-SeaMonkey profile files and folders, same as was done with the Thunderbird article. I think that the Firefox article should also be limited to Firefox files/folders unless you have a particular reason to keep the combined list. That leaves Sunbird.... do you want to incorporate that with Firefox, create a new Sunbird article, or just eliminate Sunbird? As for what to leave in the current article, I would suggest keeping the Intro and expanding it to include, '''''Caution:''' The [[installation directory]] also includes a "profile" folder but this folder contains program defaults, not your user profile data. Use the information in the articles linked below to find your profile folder.'' and then add the article links. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 17:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Alice Wymanhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=32116&oldid=prevNp: /* Density */2007-06-05T15:43:07Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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</table>Nphttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=31982&oldid=prevNp: /* Density */2007-05-26T02:57:28Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::The problem is because we're trying to deal with the needs of multiple classes of users. I interpret (that doesn't mean I'm right) what you're suggesting as targeting the two extremes. I'm trying to optimize the material for the majority of users, and feel thats better served by getting more issues or user articles, not more reference articles. I'm making a tradeoff based on the assumption that we don't have enough resources to keep everything uptodate and/or write all of the articles that we wish. The downside is that some technical users might have to read a reference article that was Firefox-centric. I think thats acceptable because I'm trying to increase the odds they don't have to resort to a reference article, and they're the ones who would have the least trouble dealing with a article that wasn't written for Thunderbird. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 00:06, 26 May 2007 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::The problem is because we're trying to deal with the needs of multiple classes of users. I interpret (that doesn't mean I'm right) what you're suggesting as targeting the two extremes. I'm trying to optimize the material for the majority of users, and feel thats better served by getting more issues or user articles, not more reference articles. I'm making a tradeoff based on the assumption that we don't have enough resources to keep everything uptodate and/or write all of the articles that we wish. The downside is that some technical users might have to read a reference article that was Firefox-centric. I think thats acceptable because I'm trying to increase the odds they don't have to resort to a reference article, and they're the ones who would have the least trouble dealing with a article that wasn't written for Thunderbird. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 00:06, 26 May 2007 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: ''I've set up an initial version at [[Profile folder - Firefox]]. <snip> ... and I'm still not sure what to do with the files and folders part.'' ......As I see it, a final decision hasn't been made to move the "Files and Folders in the profile" section to each application article....or has it? Right now these articles are in the draft state, even though they've been categorized. Like I said, I copied the files and folders section for all applications to the SeaMonkey article, even though some of the entries don't apply to SeaMonkey. I don't think the list should remain that way in the final version; if we do keep the list of files and folders within each application article then it should be customized for that application, as Tanstaafl did, but I don't think that we should maintain ''two lists'' for each application. I think it's better that the entire list for that application should be in the "Profile folder - <app>" article, if we go that route. We already maintain a list of important files and folders in the [[Migrating settings to a new profile]] article, and we link there (it covers all three applications right now, although you may be planning to split up that article also?). We still have the option to leave the "Files and folders" section in the current profile article (my preference) or to create a separate [[Files and folders in the profile]] article that applies to all applications (my second choice). [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 02:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC) </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Alice Wymanhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=31977&oldid=prevTanstaafl: /* Density */2007-05-26T00:06:14Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: I've set up [[Profile folder - SeaMonkey]]. I didn't know what to do about the "Files and folders in the profile" section so I just added the whole set, following np's lead. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 23:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::</ins>: I've set up [[Profile folder - SeaMonkey]]. I didn't know what to do about the "Files and folders in the profile" section so I just added the whole set, following np's lead. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 23:00, 25 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">May 2007 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::The problem is because we're trying to deal with the needs of multiple classes of users. I interpret (that doesn't mean I'm right) what you're suggesting as targeting the two extremes. I'm trying to optimize the material for the majority of users, and feel thats better served by getting more issues or user articles, not more reference articles. I'm making a tradeoff based on the assumption that we don't have enough resources to keep everything uptodate and/or write all of the articles that we wish. The downside is that some technical users might have to read a reference article that was Firefox-centric. I think thats acceptable because I'm trying to increase the odds they don't have to resort to a reference article, and they're the ones who would have the least trouble dealing with a article that wasn't written for Thunderbird. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 00:06, 26 </ins>May 2007 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Tanstaaflhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=31976&oldid=prevAlice Wyman: /* Density */2007-05-25T23:00:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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</table>Alice Wymanhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Talk:Profile_folder&diff=31969&oldid=prevNp: /* Density */2007-05-25T17:37:14Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Density</span></span></p>
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