[imp] Some comments on user-friendlyness of imp/horde.
    Chuck Hagenbuch 
    chuck at horde.org
       
    Wed Jan 22 22:52:25 PST 2003
    
    
  
Quoting Ted Cabeen <secabeen at pobox.com>:
> 2) When there is a Full Name entered for a user identity, and you are
> sending an email using that identity, the "Identity" field in the Message
> Composition window should include the Real Name in the identity.  
> Alternatively (and much better logically), there should be a From line to 
> the Message Composition window showing how the From header will look when 
> the email is sent.
We went over this a bunch when the identities first went in; my problem with
both of the above is that it's perfectly fine to have multiple identities
that share the same fullname and email address - so you need a way to tell
them apart.
> 3) The edit identities page is slightly nonintuitive.  The button at the
> bottom changing from CREATE to CHANGE is not obvious.  Perhaps imp
> should default to presenting the settings for the Default Identity when
> that page comes up, and instead have a link or button that allows you to 
> add an additional identity.  Since the majority of users don't use 
> multiple identities, we should make it easier to change the settings of 
> the Default Identity than it is to create a new identity.
If you submitted a patch for this, I'm sure someone would look at it.
-chuck
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Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck at horde.org>
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