[Kde-pim] Kontact Touch Mail - Initial Mockup + Git Workflow

[Björn Balazs]

Hi Michael,

Am Mittwoch, 15. Mai 2013, 21:46:48 schrieben Sie:
> hey Björn
> 
> thanks for your feedback.  Is there any documentation form the original
> design process that I could have a look at ?

I took a look, but did not find any documentation worth giving to you - all 
important stuff has gone into the interface - so taking it will do the job. Of 
course there are a lot of things that have not been done (e.g. optimizing 
detail dialogues (which have simply been taken from the desktop client) - also 
there are still bugs in calender navigation - but all this does not imply your 
work.
 
> I would like question whether using the column-based-navigation is actually
> 
> > a
> > good decision. Remember that a lot of people have deep hierarchies of mail
> > folders. As navigating actually is not the main focus when using mail, the
> > navigation area might get too much weight in comparison to the actual list
> > of
> > mails within a selected folder, when the pattern is used (at least as far
> > as I
> > understand it, you can end up with e.g. 4 columns visible).
> 
> The way I imagined this is to have a column based navigation with the
> columns:  folder; list; view mail; compose mail
> browsing the folder hierarchy would be inline like it is currently done.
> 
> 
> Also, I do not like how inbox and new mail are on the same level. New mail
> 
> > is
> > an action, choosing inbox (or any other folder) is navigation. These
> > should
> > not be mixed up.
> 
> "new mail" in this case is "show all new mail" and not "create new mail"
> (which is in the upper right in the top bar)
> 
> > Again, having trash as a drop-target while
> > the other elements are for navigation only seems to be inconsistent and
> > difficult to understand for the user.
> 
> I think it could  work if we make all folders drop target so you can move
> mail to a folder by dragging it there.( or delete it or mark it as
> important)
> 
> > Summing it up - as far as I understand the mockup, it oversimplifies a bit
> > too
> > much. The matter is complex. Unfortunately.
> 
> yes it is very complex and  am l am glad to have so many skilled people
> involved.

Thanks for clarification. Indeed, I understood some points differently. Will 
give a more detailed answer to the mail from Thomas.

Cheers,
Björn

> Cheers
> 
> Mike
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