[Tickets #10487] Re: HTML/Text Signature

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10487
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  Ticket             | 10487
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | HTML/Text Signature
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 5.0.10
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
-Milestone          |
+Milestone          | 5.1
  Patch              |
-Owners             |
+Owners             | Horde Developers, Michael Slusarz
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2011-11-18 19:11) wrote:

This turned into a complete overhaul of the signature system.  After  
thinking about this quite a bit, and looking at some other  
implementations, I made the decision to completely remove all  
signature options at compose time.

Playing around with this for awhile, it makes composing much cleaner,  
less confusing, and provides exactly what a signature feature is  
designed to provide: a way to automatically add contact/disclaimer  
information to outgoing messages based on the current identity used.

Removing the signature swapping code is a fantastic development.  That  
code was some of the worst to try to upkeep, especially dealing with  
Text->HTML mode swapping, and did not work reliably 100% of the time.

Specifically responding to Jan's thoughts earlier in this ticket,  
thinking about it long and hard the features that he seeks will not be  
retained.  I can not think of a valid reason why someone would need to  
edit their signature at compose time.  If you are editing your  
signature, then you are using the signature feature for something it  
was NOT designed to do - this sounds more like a use case for  
templates.  We already have a UI to edit signatures in the prefs screen.

Additionally, I did not provide a way to turn signatures on/off for a  
given message.  I do not see the utility in providing this feature,  
and if it is really needed it is easily provided by generating another  
identity that has empty signatures.