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[Tony Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I meant to send this to the list as well as Andrew. (I find it very
confusing that some mailing lists reply to the list and others, like this
one reply to the sender)

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From: Tony Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4 October 2012 09:47
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: online accounts
To: Andrew Montag <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx>


HI Andrew

On 4 October 2012 07:48, Andrew Montag <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Hannie,
>
> Thanks for updating this.
>
> When I was authoring the section for Instant Messaging, I could not tell
> how this new account management related to adding or removing contacts from
> Empathy. That section is still not revised for quantal (unless someone else
> did it).
>
>
I have made changes to the Instant Messaging section.  I picked up on the
problem of the new Online Accounts settings manager while editing the
Microblogging Section.  What I have done in both Microblogging and Instant
Messaging is

1) to try and make it clear that the Accounts menu option calls the Online
Accounts settings manager

2) to refer to Online Accounts (rather than Empathy or Gwibber), where
appropriate

3) put a marginote to warn of the side effects of Adding and Removing
accounts for any one app

4) make a few changes where button names, etc have changed.

In a future version of the manual, it may be appropriate to create a new
separate section or subsection to describe the Online Accounts settings
manager as a separate entity.



> What do you think? In my opinion we could remove these two paragraphs
> anyway, since people tend to manage contacts through the account provider
> anyway.
>

You may be right about this, but there are still facilities in Empathy to
remove contacts, for instance, from the contact list.


>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Tony Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Hannie
>>
>> I have updated the sections on Microblogging (Gwibber) and Instant
>> Messaging (Empathy) to reflect the new 'unified' Online Accounts
>> management.  Let me know if you think anything needs changing.  This new
>> Online Accounts management does affect some other apps, like publishing
>> from Shotwell to Facebook, so other sections may need looking at in due
>> course, but I don't think they are so critical.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> On 2 October 2012 09:00, Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Origineel bericht --------  Onderwerp: online accounts  Datum: Mon,
>>> 01 Oct 2012 16:36:21 +0200  Van: Hannie Dumoleyn
>>> <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx> <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>  Aan: Tony
>>> Pursell <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  CC:
>>> NL, Maillijst <ubuntu-l10n-nl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><ubuntu-l10n-nl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Hello Tony,
>>> Thanks a lot for proofreading/editing U1 and Microblogging.
>>> I continue below:
>>> Op 30-09-12 20:00, Tony Pursell schreef:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have done edits for U1 and Microblogging sections.  I got Quantal
>>> > Beta 2 running in Virtual Box (very slowly!) so I was able to do some
>>> > checking on Microblogging.  What I found is a fundamental change in
>>> > the way accounts are now managed.  There is a single Online Accounts
>>> > manager, which is in System Settings, but called from Gwibber (Edit >
>>> > Accounts) as well.  The big difference is that if you now set up a
>>> > Facebook account, for instance, it gets set up for other apps, such as
>>> > Empathy, as well.  The Instant Messaging section says a little bit
>>> > more about the Online Accounts manager, but neither say that both apps
>>> > will be affected if you, say, remove an account.
>>> Unfortunately, there was no author assigned to this chapter for the
>>> Quantal version. You are right in what you say about the new feature
>>> "Online accounts", which should be mentioned in this section too. Do you
>>> think you can do it? If not, please let me know.
>>> >
>>> > I have also noticed that the Instant Messaging section isn't finished
>>> > yet.  There are a number of places where '??' is in the text.
>>> >
>>> The ?? is not a serious problem. It means there is a reference to a
>>> chapter/section that does not exist (perhaps a typo?). We will fix that.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Hannie
>>>
>>>
>>>