On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:13:13 +0200 (CEST) Thomas Finneid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

TF> I dont quite understand why vfolders is such a big problem.

 Maybe it's not, but deciding what to do surely is :-)

TF> The first issue is whether we should have a global folder or some other
TF> arrangement.  This depends on what the vfolder should be used for.
TF> Personally, I can�t see a real need for it for anything else than as search
TF> type folders.

 Even assuming this (and I think other people will fatally want to use them
for something else/more), I think it would still be convenient to have a
possibility to have more than one search results folder. But if the opinion
here is that it's an overkill and/or that it makes the interface too
complicated, I propose to start with implementing the global search results
first and then see if we need anything more. Ok?

TF> Secondly its a question of whether a vfolder should be static or dynamic.

 I think this one is "solved" -- for now they will be static. There is
still this issue of what deleting a message from vfolder should do, though
(see at the end).

TF> Thirdly, there is the question of where the search folder should get its
TF> properties from, how the properties should be stored and where the folder
TF> should exist. 
...snip...

 I agree with your analysis here. We'll put the global search folder in the
tree and make it possible to edit those of its options which make sense for
it in the usual way.

TF> going back to Vadims forementioned suggestion, I dont really see a need for
TF> 1 or 2 as a procedural step when performing a search, because
TF> when it comes to 1,3 and 4 I would suggest sticking to just one solution
TF> either a global search or a temporary search.

 But how do you implement this "either" (at the UI level)?

TF> When it comes to 2, i would say dont do any of them, just let the user
TF> interactively do what he wants to do. This is much easier to implement and
TF> also creates a more coherent and *predictable* behaviour.
TF> And finally, 1a; don�t see why that is needed at all.

 If you want to search for all messages from someone and delete them, this
might be convenient -- especially so if deleting the messages from vfolder
doesn't delete them from the underlying physical folder.

 Regards,
VZ



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