[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

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Roel Gloudemans <roel at gloudemans.info>:

> 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)

I agree with Roel (as you already know).

But given the moment when this feature was introduced to IMP, I'd suggest
keeping the virtual folders separate from the general folder code for now
and integrating them into the main folder tree with IMP 4.1.

> 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
Jan.

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