[dev] UI feedback

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> * There's also no discernible indication that the preview header  
>>>> can be toggled.  Or that the From/To/Cc/Bcc names are associated  
>>>> with a context menu.
>>>
>>> Since they have context menus, shouldn't they have a popdown icon  
>>> anyway, for consistency? Consistency is also the reason that I  
>>> removed the default underline, because those, and the address book  
>>> links in the compose window, were the only active elements that  
>>> used those markup.
>>
>> I think we used to have popdown icons for each address, but it was  
>> a usability nightmare (especially when you had more than a few  
>> addresses).  I believe it was sort of a compromise solution to  
>> remove the icons but keep the popdown feature.  I understand  
>> consistency, but I felt that the old way we handled this was  
>> acceptable.  Users had an indication they could click on names and  
>> the popdown was not unexpected behavior.
>
> I see how this could get messy with a lot of addresses. I still like  
> to try this first.

Using this more, we definitely need to do something here.  I still  
feel like underlining is a requirement.  Right now, it is impossible  
to distinguish between names... especially if those names have commas  
in them.

e.g. A message to "Bob", "Smith, John", and "Larry Lastname" looks like:

To: Bob, Smith, John, Larry Lastname

Even adding popdown icons, this is not going to make this any easier  
to read.  There has to be a way to associate the entire name WITHOUT  
using quotation marks, whether that is through underlining the entire  
name or highlighting the background of the entire name.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]