On Friday, January 05, 2001, 6:04:12 PM, Januk wrote:
> How about separating them into 4 fields with Tick Boxes. The
> conditions can then be added using a single set instead of just a
> single string.
> So the add filter confirmation would look something like:
> Select filter criteria:
> _ First Name ........
> _ Last Name ........
> _ Full Name ........
> _ E-mail Address ........
After reading Allie's suggestion and yours, here's my idea that
probably requires minimum interface changes:
add a "drop down arrow" (like the ones next to the header fields in
a message editor, how should I call them?) to the signal string
boxes in the "Detect by ..." area. When a user click on it, all
possible selections are listed there.
The default (without having to dig into the drop-down list) would be
email address only, for that seems to be the most preferred. For the
one with both name and address, it would be properly formatted with
special characters taken cared of. E.g., if the From field of the
email is:
"John Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
TB should format it as
'"John Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
(according to the help file, the single quotes would disable the
special meaning of the special characters.)
Still, inexperienced users might be confused by the single quotes
and take them out manually, so I concur Thomas's idea that TB should
use another symbol for case-sensitive search.
We can take the method a step further: not just the name and address
from the "From" field can be shown in the drop-down list, other
fields (Reply-To, e.g.) can be there, too. I vaguely remember some
other emailer does this.
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Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.49 | Win2k SP1
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