[kdepim-usability] Folder Properties

[Till Adam]

On Friday 05 November 2004 12:02, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:

> 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.

So do I.

> 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.

That's a tradeoff, I agree, but since they are different with respect to their 
relevance for most users, I think it makes sense to split them, so I agree 
with that aspect of the proposal.

> 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.

I don't like that the RMB entry is called "Expire.." which makes it sound like 
that is where you click to trigger an expiry, not necessarily to set it up. I 
would also tend to move this new expiry dialog into the main Folder menu, and 
remove it from the RMB, or keep the current "Expire" entry, which should be 
renamed to "Run Expiry now" or something, I guess.

Otherwise, I really like it, it looks much simpler and straight forward.

Ingo?

Till
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