[imp] imp questions (usability issues)

[Dan Ellis]

Well, I'm almost done with the initial integration of the sieve filters.
I've just added two to .inc files in the templates/filters and added some
action steps to filters.php.  I assume this is the best way.  It will simply
look for a flag $imp['conf']['sieve'] and include the .inc's.  I'm having
them just below the normal filter stuff.

Maybe it would be better to simply have a sperate configuration item?  I'll
send you a URL later.

As far as the status flag, I'm thinking of putting an icon on the menu that
will go directly to the filters page and the icon will depend on whether a
sieve filter is set active.

Since parsing a pre-generated script (that someone created perhaps), is much
more difficult, I'm simply have the user manually create the scripts (with a
textarea)than embed everything into a neat little gui program.  Any good
places to start looking at for how-to's on parsing these scripts?  I spose
look through some compiler code.

I hope you have found a job.  My company, Rockwell Collins, is laying off
2600 people too (~15%).  Best luck.

Maybe this should go more to the [dev] lists, huh.

> > Something to quickly let me know the state of things.
>
> Just whether or not you have filters? I'm still not sure exactly what you
mean -
> do you want a progress bar? Or just a "yes, I have filters running or no,
I don't"?
>
> I find it useful to be able to apply filters to mail when I want; I also
don't
> tend to filter incoming mail into new folders, so I'm more inclined to
find
> client-side filters useful.
>
> I imagine there are people out there who'd want both, so they ought to
co-exist
> in the UI. I'm really not entirely sure what the best way to do that would
be.
>
> -chuck
>