On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:40:51 +0800, Thomas Fernandez wrote these
words of wisdom:
TF> I am not saying that the functionality is bad. What I am saying is
TF> that the filter behaves differently, depnding on whether it is used
TF> automatically or manually. This is not good.
How else to offer such functionality within the design they implemented?
<shrug>
TF> I am not sure you understand what I mean. I set the source folder to
TF> A. The fuilter is applied automatically, it works. The filter is
TF> applied manually, it is ignored.
I know what you meant. :=)
TF> It is good to have a filter work on the folder you are currently
TF> sorting out; make a tick-box or a pop-up asking whether I want to
TF> apply this filter, as it is marked for another source folder. Don't
TF> let me apply a filter for folder A, but since I am in folder B, it
TF> will just be applied here, because TB feels that's good.
You have a point there in that it could create a dilemma where filters
are being applied to folders for which they weren't created.
TF> It is a violation of good interface design principles, that's what I'm
TF> trying to say. [..]
I know and I agree.
TF>>> How can that be a good thing?
AM>> It offers the user more options. I can manually apply the same filter to
AM>> more than one folders. Something I happen to do at present.
TF> See, this is where I found out that I had mislead you somehow. I do
TF> agree that the functionality is good.
Well, you asked a broad question. 'How can that be a good thing?' :=)
TF> A simple pop-up query would do: "This filter was created for Sopurced
TF> Folder A. Do you want to apply it to the current folder (B)? Y/N?"
TF> That's my suggestion. :-)
Oh, dear. That's begging for trouble. Suppose you have 15 filters as I
do in the read filter set? A lot of pop-up queries to deal with.
Assigning a source folder to the filter rule should probably be
abandoned because of the limitation we're discussing. If you wish to
maintain good design, each filter should always stick to it's source
folder. This means that if you wish to apply the same filter to another
folder, you'd have to recreate the filter, changing only the source
folder. Too much work and too much clutter.
If, OTOH, the filters were just created without a source folder, you
could create a set of filters and then pick which ones you wish to
work with which folders. If you have a look at how Pegasus Mail
implements its filtering you will better see what I am suggesting.
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