[imp] Re-ordering virtual inbox and trash

Chuck Hagenbuch chuck at horde.org
Tue Aug 11 20:14:21 UTC 2009


Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> During a workshop with a client they proposed a change in the  
>>> folder tree that they implemented locally.
>>> They moved both the virtual inbox and trash to the main folder  
>>> tree, i.e. out of the virtual folders parent node. The virtual  
>>> inbox is moved right next to the real inbox and renamed to Unread  
>>> Messages. The virtual trash is simply replacing the regular trash  
>>> folder in position and name.
>>> These changes make a lot of sense to me, because "virtual *"  
>>> doesn't make much sense to end users, and they don't recognize  
>>> them as saved searches either, so they don't make much sense in  
>>> the virtual folders hierarchy.
>>> I'd like to propose those changes upstream too, any more opinions?
>>
>> Makes sense to me. My only concern would be performance with the  
>> trash folder if it's always a search.
>
> The virtual trash would of course only be used if enabled. Otherwise  
> the trash folder is still the "real" trash folder. The behavior  
> won't be changed, just the position in the tree.

Perfect.

-chuck


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