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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    [Kopete-devel] [Bug 53062] Adding contacts more quickly
From:       Gav Wood <gav () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-01 10:51:42
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------- Additional Comments From gav@kde.org  2003-05-01 12:51 -------
Subject: Re: [Kopete-devel]  Adding contacts more quickly

On Thursday 01 May 2003 10:38, Rob Kaper wrote:
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> ------- Additional Comments From cap@capsi.com  2003-05-01 11:38 -------
> Why is a Wizard necessary? All you need is one inputbox with a pulldown for
> the protocol, when launched from a group. Or one inputbox with a pulldown
> for the group, when launched from a protocol icon.
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> I know how to use the Wizard, it's not confusing, it's just too many steps.
> The ICQ search is handy, but completely redundant when someone gave you
> their UIN.

i do agree. for simply adding an msn uin to one group , it currently takes *8* 
mouse clicks (more for icq). as rob points out it really only needs to take 2 
or 3 - one for rmb context menu over a group (having a list of accounts in a 
submenu) and another for the "ok" button in the succeeding dialog.
(a similar setup could be used instead for a rmb context menu over a protocol 
with the groups either as a submenu or in the succeeding dialog as a 
listbox/dropdown.)

two of the mouse clicks in the wizard are *completely* redundant - a click is 
required to get from the start page and to the finish page. i know it's all 
in the name of ui consistency, so i guess we should keep it but i would 
suggest providing a more streamlined interface also.

this could even be used with the current add contact api just show a dialog 
incorporating the addcontact page with an ok and cancel button at the bottom.

the wizard is fine for beginners and as the main method of adding contacts to 
more than one group, but i would imagine that in general useage many people 
dont use the multiple groups per contact feature since it can be confusing 
and of course there are protocols that dont support it (e.g. yahoo).
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