Re: [Evolution-hackers] Send/Receive in the Toolbar

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 19:12 +0800, Not Zed wrote:

> If the problem was demonstrated 'prominently' in usability tests at
> guadec, why on earth is it only being raised now?

And presumably during those usability tests, somebody asked those users
what they might expect a button that sends and receives email to say
instead?  What did *they* suggest?

I can appreciate their confusion, FWIW... personally I'd just ditch the
over-complex drop-down New button, which I'd be surprised if many people
use for anything except composing a new mail anyway (while they're in
the Mail view), and swap it for a straightforward "Compose" or "Write
Mail" button. (Replaced by something equivalent when in Calendar, Tasks
or Contact view, of course.)  But then again, I didn't see the usability
tests :/

Cheeri,
Calum.

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