--On 25 January 2010 14:20:18 +0100 Davide 'Folletto' Casali
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 25/gen/2010, at 14.05, Ian Eiloart wrote:
Interesting. I too am unsure of the need to have a third panel for
drafts and trash. I much prefer the expunge and delete model to trash,
anyway.
I don't know, I feel that model could raise some usability issues in many
users... let's see. ;)
It's the native IMAP model, so ought to be easier to implement. We're also
talking about expert users here.
It's more efficient over narrow bandwidths, because it only requires
setting a flag.
Undelete is easier, because it's obvious where the message was before it
was deleted.
Of course, Letters should allow users to choose which model they use. But,
Trash can be implemented in the client as a matter of presentation - it's
just another message collection (all the messages that are marked "deleted")
Oh, and remember that the Trash model has significant problems if it does
actually represent a mailbox on the server:
1. The server has no way of knowing that the messages are "deleted", unless
you also mark them deleted.
2. You have to make sure that all your clients are using the same "Trash"
mailbox.
However, I got to thinking about what I normally see down there in other
apps. A pop calendar or something.
Maybe some way to restrict a search. Eg, drag over a calendar to
restrict the current message list to a particular date range. Or, maybe
have a simple search panel there?
I think that the search should be in the top-right corner of the toolbar,
like Mail, Yojimbo, etc.
However, we don't *have* to put something there. It's a solution to have
the outbox and trash exposed fast if required, but if it turns out it
isn't a good idea, we'll just remove it and have a cleaner UI. :)
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