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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: Multiple selection support for the filter dialog
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-08-30 21:31:15
Message-ID: 200408302331.17016 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Monday 30 August 2004 20:51, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> On Montag 30 August 2004 07:26, Don Sanders wrote:
> > If there's some alternative solution that is simpler but still
> > sufficiently powerful I'm interested.
>
> FWIW, I would try to organize filters in a tree hierarchy. Child
> filters are processed only when their parent folder do match.
>
> Then, create a new filter rule "incoming account". This could be
> attached to the nodes in the upper levels. Using the existing filter
> rule logic it's possible to filter for one account or for many
> accounts (match any ...).
>
> The GUI should allow DnD (move and copy) of filters inside the tree.
> As the filter dialog is anyway worth a redesign, such a change would
> fit well into one of the next releases - given that the majority of
> the developers supports such a change.

According to the usability team users have problems to think in 
hierarchies. Moreover, even for me this solution is too complicated for 
the given problem. I'd really love to have hierarchical filters, but 
not as solution for this problem.

Regards,
Ingo

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