Re: [Evolution] Weekly Feature Request Summary (12/6)

[Tim Reilly <reilly zk3 dec com>]

I agree with most of these suggestions, except I think the three recommendations you have for checking mail 
should all be options, rather than hard-coded changes. Especially the re-indexing one, that would KILL my 
poor lil system. :(

Otherwise it's fine. :)

Tim

> Hello Evolution lovers!
>
> A little before Thanksgiving, Miguel contacted me to help him gather a list
> of feature requests for upcoming 0.7 release. After doing some Evolution
> mail searching action (vfolders are NICE), a little mail archive reading and
> a few bugzilla searches, this is what I got. I sorted the requests in a
> (hopefully) useful fashion, but suggestions for how the summary should be
> formated are most welcome.
>
> I'm currently using the stable 0.6 release and will try to get CVS evolution
> running soon. I've marked various requests with editorial comments and if
> you guys have any comments or suggestions, feel free to mail them to me and
> the mailing lists so that they can be added to next week's summary. If
> certain requests are 'fixed' in CVS, tell me that too, i'll add that in.
>
> I'm sure there are requests that I missed. So if any of you have brilliant
> ideas to make the already-wonderful Evolution even BETTER, or you suggested
> something that isn't on the list right now, please e-mail the
> suggestions with 'feature request' somewhere in the subject.
>
> Oh, and yesterday I was talking to Aaron, documentation monkey at Helix
> Code, and we both thought it'd be nice to include any
> usability/documentation questions to the summary. So send those in too!
>
> Let's evolve together,
>
> Duncan.
>
>
>
> --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g
> MAIL
>
> Questions:
>
>       - How to delete a folder(s)?
>
>       - How do i know which widget has focus? (ed. etable or message body)
>
> Composer:
>
>       - when you first click the compose button it tells you, that you first
>       have to configure your mail settings, and asks if you want to do it now.
>       If you say yes it should open the compse window after the settings are
>       done, but it does not.
>
>       - There's no need to warn `This message has not been sent'' if the
>       message hasn't been edited at all. (e.g.: when the user accidently hits
>       reply or compose.)
>
>       - When you reply to a mail in Evolution, to original message is placed
>       as an attachment. (ed. i think it's solved recently...)
>
>       - Autocompletion on the TO:, CC:, BCC: fields.
>
>       - Home/End should move the cursor at the beggining/end of the line ,
>       *not* of the message.
>
> VFolder: 
>
>       - As great as VFolders are, I sometimes want to do a boolean search over
>       multiple fields without going through the trouble of creating a VFolder
>       to do that, then having to go delete the VFolder to clean up. (ed. i
>       think 0.6's 'full search' solves this problem)
>
>       - If a message is selected in one folder, it should be selected in any
>       VFolder it appears in. This would aide in doing unusual multi-selections
>       (i.e. selecting all the messages from someone except for those to some
>       list... that sort of thing.)
>
>       - I would find it useful to be able to drag messages into VFolders. I
>       prefer VFolders to standard mail sorting (it allows messages that are to
>       me and a list to show up in my personal folder and the list folder, for
>       example.) Sometimes I get a message to a list (such as a course mailing
>       list) that I want in my personal folder so that it doesn't get lost. 
>       One way to implement this would be for a VFolder to have a field that
>       allows for a specific message. Another way would be to, upon dropping a
>       message into a VFolder, prompt the user for an addition to the VFolder
>       rule. (ed. this sorta breaks the vfolder concept... any ideas?)
>
>       - Have `sender'' and `recipients'' as options on the search box.
>
>       - Add an "all folders" option for virtual folders so there is no need to
>       individually add all my folders for something like an "Important Mail"
>       virtual folder (now that we can mark them as such).
>
>       - Have regular expression on folder names. (ed. i think this is
>       avaliable in cvs)
>
> VFolders:
>
>       - Depending on which folder/mbox, different views (ie. flat vs.
>       threaded) should be avaliable.
>
>       - Keyboard navigation (impossible if you open a message in a separate
>       window, awkward in all other cases), shoutcuts to delete, send, close,
>       etc. (ed. Lewing posted earlier on etable shortcuts, maybe there needs
>       to have more explicit documentation. i didn't know those features until
>       his post. )
>
>       - Wheelmouse navigation
>
>       - Double clicking on a folder with a [+] next to it should expand the
>       folder. (At least that would be consistent)
>
>       - More options in the context menu for folders.
>
>       - Ala Outlook, It would be very helpful to mark folders as having unread
>       contents. Outlook makes the folder bold with the number of unread
>       messages in parenthesis. (ed. i think this is fixed in CVS already)
>
>       - Have first unread email message to be in the center of the list (ala
>       Outlook)
>
> Messages:
>
>       - View all headers.
>
>       - Delete messages based on message age.
>
>       - Drag and drop for moving messages.
>
>       - Configurable message deletion. (ie. deleted -> Trash folder or elsewhere)
>
>       - An expand/collapse all threads option, (suggestion: the right-click
>       menu for clicking on the [+] or [-] sign.)
>
>       - When moving messages, have the messages be moved rather than copied
>       and `deleted'' (crossed out).
>
>       - A `properties'' dialog on each message ala Outlook.
>
>       - Indicator as to whether the focus is on a message in the message list
>       or on the message itself. (ed. there are indicators right now, but not
>       proly explicit enough)
>
> VFolder Editor:
>
>       - Upon changing the subject, body, sender, etc. of a VFolder search
>       parameter, the item in the box is forgotten. This is frustrating as I
>       usually find myself thinking what string I want to search for, then onlly
>       end up having that value lost when I change the parameter.
>
>
> Checking mail:
>
>       - No need for the `no new messages on foo bar com'' pop-up when a server
>       doesn't have new messages.
>
>       - I would suggest `barrowing'' Outlook Express's pop-up that it uses
>       when the user does an explicit mail check by clicking on the get mail
>       button.
>
>       - Re-index mail continuously as it arrives rather than just after
>       everything has been downloaded. This would be especially helpful when
>       someone with a slow connection receives a lot of mail.
>
> Date:
>
>       - I would find it useful to have a different date format. As it is the
>       date field needs to be at least 65 pixels wide in order to see the full
>       day.
>
>       - Rounding the time to the minute (at least) for clarity.
>
> CONFIG
>
> Nameserver:
>
>       - How do I add individual groups to my newsserver entry?
>
> CONTACTS
>
> Questions:
>
>       - How do I import my gnome-calendar and gnomecard entries into
>       Evolution?
>
>       - Is it possible to add the sender of an e-mail to the Contacts - more
>       or less automatically?
>
>
> CALENDAR
>
> Questions:
>
>       - Is the evolution calendar going to support calendar servers through
>       CAP?