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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KMail and contacts - RMB behavior
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-05-28 23:05:26
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On May 28, 2002 04:50 pm, Eric Ellsworth wrote:
> + Condense "Add To Addressbook" and "Open In Addressbook" to one entry,
> with Add appearing if the address is not in the addressbook.  Now we have
> less RMB items....

then you'd have to look up the address in the book every time you pull up the 
context menu instead of just when the user wants to add the address. not good 
for performance i'd imagine....

> + When adding, always bring up the entry the entry for review (Edit Contact
> dialog), the same as Open In AddressBook.  Here add radio buttons to the
> Edit Contact dialog, above the two tabs:
>         o Add a new entry
>         o Append this address to:                Combo-box:        Names of
> Contacts
> These radio buttons are only visible when you're adding an address

this removes the nice, swift functionality of this feature.. as someone who 
uses this feature, i'd say that would be highly annoying. =)

> Thoughts, reactions?

how about an "Add Address To Contact" item in the menu? (only worded better 
than that ;-) ... something like:

Add As New Contact...
Add and Open In AddressBook...
Add to Existing Contact...

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Aaron J. Seigo
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