[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: imp folders.php imp/lib VFolder.php imp/templates/folders vfolder_actions.inc vfolder_foot.inc vfolder_head.inc vfolders.html

[Roel Gloudemans]

Use another folder icon for them to show it's different? (I did this in one of
my own apps. I used a folder with the letter v in it. Never header any user
complain about it, they even liked it. If you want to look up a message you
dan't have to decide to look in the folders or the virual folders. Just 
look at
the complete folder list and then decide)

Cheers,
Roel.

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.curecanti.org>:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at curecanti.org>:
>
>> slusarz     2004-10-28 18:54:08 PDT
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     .                    folders.php
>>     lib                  VFolder.php
>>     templates/folders    vfolder_actions.inc vfolder_foot.inc
>>                          vfolder_head.inc vfolders.html
>>   Log:
>>   Add rename and delete options to the virtual folders.
>
> I am still torn between putting these virtual folders separately (as I have
> done) and putting them in the folder tree.  Obviously, the advantage 
> of having
> it in the folder tree view is that the virtual folder looks just like a
> regular
> folder. Additionally, there is some duplication of code needed to 
> generate the
> second table, etc. so keeping it in a single view would help there also.
>
> However, the issue is that these virtual folders are obviously not a regular
> mail folder and will never ever have the same exact feature set as a real
> folder.  For example, you will never be able to copy or move messages to a
> virtual folder.  We can never import a mailbox into a virtual folder.
> Deleting
> a virtual folder should definitely not be treated the same as deleting
> a regular
> folder (i.e. all messages that appear in the current view should not be
> deleted
> when a virtual folder is deleted - instead, the virtual folder view itself
> should be deleted only).  Putting them in the folder tree gives the false
> impression that somehow these virtual folders "reside" on the mail server -
> when someone accesses the mail server via a different MUA, they may be
> confused
> as to why the virtual folder doesn't appear there.
>
> In short, adding the virtual folders to the folders screen would seem 
> to cause
> more confusion than benefit.  However, I personally am still open to
> persuasion.
>
> That being said, I guess I am looking at virtual folders as more of a "saved
> search" feature than anything else.  I'm just looking for input from other
> users as to whether this is a good or bad thing, and whether my UI/useability
> concerns make sense.
>
> michael
>
> _______________________________________
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