[kdepim-usability] Folder Properties

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Hi Jan,

On Wednesday 03 November 2004 19:20, Jan Muehlig wrote:
> after lots of thoughts and many discussions, we have now developed a
> list of suggestions for the KMail Folder Properties.

I like most of your suggestions.

What I found "interesting" in your report is that you seem to be inclined to 
spread the options out over several dialogs, where all folder options are 
currently in one place (the folder properties dialog). 

Don't you think that this will make kmail's folder settings seem more bloated, 
or confusing (e.g. If you want to change this aspect of the folder, go to the 
folder properties dialog, but if you want to edit that other aspect, that's 
somewhere else.)? 
This just puts the problem somewhere else. Currently, the properties dialog is 
very confusing, true. But in your suggestion, the options are put into three 
different dialogs, so now one also needs to find the right dialog.

Also, what's the rationale behind putting the Expiration settings into such a 
prominent spot as its own menu item in the RMB menu? In my eyes, the expiry 
settings are so seldomly used that they certainly don't need such a visible 
place, where it distracts from the other, more important actions for a 
folder.

Reinhold

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