[horde] Signature

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>
>> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Quoting Andreas Mauser <andreas at mauser.info>:
>>>
>>>> But would it be a major redesign or H5? There is already a  
>>>> dropdown menu 'More functions (Weitere Funktionen)' which only  
>>>> has one option at this time. This would be a good place where  
>>>> Horde could place the signatures dropdown.
>>>
>>> Signature switching code was a mess to maintain (especially  
>>> cross-browser and w/the HTML editor), was unreliable, and could  
>>> easily be confused causing badly formatted emails to be sent out  
>>> (adding a character within the signature block could potentially  
>>> cause issues when switching to a new signature).  It only makes  
>>> sense to maintain the code if the benefit outweighs the  
>>> hassle/problems coming from the code itself.  In this case, this  
>>> isn't even a remotely close call.
>>>
>>> As previously mentioned, there are viable (more correct) methods  
>>> if you want to either edit your signature or switch your  
>>> signatures.  Feel free to argue all you want (discussion is good),  
>>> but understand this is never coming back into IMP.
>>>
>>> michael
>>
>> Any particular reason that the signature you designate for the identity
>> can't simply be SHOWN in the compose window?  For 90%+ of the time, you'd
>> leave it in place, but sometimes you might not WANT to have it there.
>
> That's exactly the problem.  You can't put a signature into the  
> compose window because what happens when you switch identities?

We might display the signature outside of the compose text area,  
uneditable. But that's still a lot of hassle to implement, just for  
informational purposes.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
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