“Subscription request” dialog is confusing

Bug #512761 reported by Micha Moskovic
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Empathy
Expired
Wishlist
empathy (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: empathy

When someone tries to add me to their contact list, the “Subscription request” dialog appears. However, this dialog is very unclear and confusing. The title is “Subscription request”, which in itself is not very clear (did I subscribe to something) and 3 buttons (“Decide Later”, “No”, “Yes”) are presented to the user, but no question is asked (see attached screenshot).

The title should be changed and a question should be asked to the user, something along the lines of “John Smith wants to chat with you. Do you want to accept his request and add him to your contact list?” with clear labels on the buttons, such as “Decide Later”, “Refuse”, “Accept”.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 26 12:38:35 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: empathy 2.28.1.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: empathy
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

Revision history for this message
Micha Moskovic (micha-mosk) wrote :
MarcRandolph (mrand)
Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in empathy:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
David Ayers (ayers) wrote :

I'm not sure... it is a subscription request from the other user to subscribe to your online status.

I have no issue with adding a more descriptive/informational message, but it should be clear that the other user can now monitor your status (I would suppose that is exactly what the term "Subscription Request" is meant to imply).

Changed in empathy:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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