On Monday 04 February 2002 05:18, Volker Augustin wrote:
> > About creation of non-existant folders, why not simply add a New_fold=
er
> > button next to the target folder selection in the config dialog. I
> > don't see the need for automatic folder creation. If the user wants t=
o
> > move messages to a folder he could simply create it at once. Why shou=
ld
> > folder creation be delayed?
>=20
> A new folder button is an option. However, it only solves part of the=20
problem.
> Robs point of view is that a filter should created necessary folders as=
=20
needed=20
> and *recreate* them if they are deleted. Obviously Eudora does it like =
that.=20
> I disagree on this issue. So we thought it would be best to make that=20
> configurable.=20

Actually, I think that we should hide most of our configuration options b=
ehind=20
an 'advanced' button.  That way most people could get the most work done =
by=20
seeing the fewest options (isn't that what wizards/druids are for?).

As for folders, I think that The Average User (TAU) doesn't need to think=
=20
about them.  They are an artifact of our back-end storage, which in this =
case=20
is IMAP or localdisk or POP.  What happens when it is SQL databases?  Thi=
nk=20
about folders apart from their implementation.  I think that folders shou=
ld=20
be created automatically when an email is stored there, and (sigh, yes,=20
user-configurable) deleted when no email is there anymore.  Or, at the le=
ast,=20
greyed out if empty.

rob
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