[dev] Re: IMP development practices suggestion

[Max Kalika]

Quoting "Brent J. Nordquist" <bjn@horde.org>:

> However, I think there are probably IMP admins out there who know their user 
> base well enough to be able to give feature/design feedback that would be 
> helpful.

I, for one, know my user base pretty well (even though there's about 3000 of 
them) and can say with some certainty that most, if not all, of them will want 
the most simplest interface possible.  We have people that *must* have email 
even though they aren't entirely sure what email is.  And that sort of 
mentality constitutes about 80% of my users.  The others use webmail because 
they travel.  I firmly believe that I will make all of them much happier when 
they see 2.3 for the first time as it looks in its current state.

The current complaints I get with 2.2.4 cvs are:

- Compose window isn't big enough.
- It doesn't fit on my monitor (a lot of them are at 800x600 or worse 640x480 
or even worse on old macintoshes)
- It is too slow (that is a server issue, granted)
- Don't like to scroll through a big inbox (after a suggestion of sorting mail 
into folders, the complaint becomes "can't figure out how to make folders")

And some of the more advanced users say:

- Can't search mail
- Can't filter mail

*None* of them asked to make "webmail" look like their desktop client (eudora 
mainly).

As for me, I consider myself somewhat of a power user and I don't buy the 
argument about knowing the imap commands will suffice for all my work -- 
there's the question of efficiency.  Personally I stopped using outlook for two 
reasons: 1) its bloated; 2) its only available on my workstation.  I personally 
prefer the simplicity of imp 2.3, and its also available wherever there is an 
internet connection.

Just thought I'd put in another 2 cents in the jar.

--mk23