What should the tab say? "Web" or "From URL". What should the description of the textfield be, since you can enter either a URL or an embed code or whatever a provider module lets you enter? Tough questions. Here's a stab.

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JacobSingh commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work

I agree with putting it back to From URL (kinda, still sucks but if we aren't doing embed codes, it's okay). Would be fun to A/B test that. It's one of those funny questions where people like us would never use web so generally, but most people on the internet don't know what a URL is. Correctness vs common usage.

My only nit here is the "providers below" text. We should only be showing this if have providers, right? Should I re-roll with that change?

Best,
Jacob

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effulgentsia commented

Would be good to get more community feedback on this. I think WordPress calls the 3 tabs for their media browser "From Computer", "From URL", and "From Library".

most people on the internet don't know what a URL is

If you're adding media to a Drupal site from another site, I sure hope you know what a URL is. But maybe that's an unreasonable hope.

My only nit here is the "providers below" text. We should only be showing this if have providers, right? Should I re-roll with that change?

Good catch. +1.

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Funny, I was happy to see 'From URL' change to 'From web' when I last updated my media.module install, since I think it's a reasonable change to make for most end-users.

Question:

but if we aren't doing embed codes, it's okay

Reading the textfield's description, it seems the textfield is meant to handle embed codes? Anyway, in case of embed codes, I believe the tab should say 'From web'.

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effulgentsia commented
Title: Text tweaks for media_internet.module plugin » Decide on text for the "Web" tab and "URL or Embed code" field title and description
Status: Needs work » Active

I wonder if there's an answer to this somewhere in the 100+ comments thread #491258: Create issues for UI decisions reached, but not yet implemented. If someone finds it, please post it here.

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Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 7.x-2.x-dev
Status: Active » Needs work

I think I'm still in favor of making this change from 'Web' to 'URL'.

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dddave commented
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Are you still planning on changing this? I personally do like "Web" but I wouldn't mind a change. However we might need to overthink the tab situation in general. Currently the "youtube" tabs list existing vids from youtube but my gut-feeling is that people who want to embed a youtube video are going to use this tab first. This might have to be handled by media_youtube but sure need to be kept in mind when thinking over the tab-situation in general.

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chris matthews commented
Assigned: dave reid » Unassigned
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Needs work » Closed (outdated)

Closing this issue as outdated. However, if you think this issue is still important, please let us know and we will gladly re-open it for review.
sincerely,
- the Drupal Media Team