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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: $%^#%&^@%&@%
From:       Rob Walker <rob () myinternetplace ! net>
Date:       2002-02-04 16:51:42
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On Monday 04 February 2002 05:18, Volker Augustin wrote:
> > About creation of non-existant folders, why not simply add a New_folder
> > 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 to
> > move messages to a folder he could simply create it at once. Why should
> > folder creation be delayed?
> 
> A new folder button is an option. However, it only solves part of the 
problem.
> Robs point of view is that a filter should created necessary folders as 
needed 
> and *recreate* them if they are deleted. Obviously Eudora does it like that. 
> I disagree on this issue. So we thought it would be best to make that 
> configurable. 

Actually, I think that we should hide most of our configuration options behind 
an 'advanced' button.  That way most people could get the most work done by 
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 
about them.  They are an artifact of our back-end storage, which in this case 
is IMAP or localdisk or POP.  What happens when it is SQL databases?  Think 
about folders apart from their implementation.  I think that folders should 
be created automatically when an email is stored there, and (sigh, yes, 
user-configurable) deleted when no email is there anymore.  Or, at the least, 
greyed out if empty.

rob
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