Re: [Evolution] A list of problems/issues I've found with .13

[Eric Lambart <lambart got net>]

On Sat, 2001-09-08 at 14:18, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> I'll deal with the mail section since I don't hack on the other
> components...
>
> On Sat, 2001-09-08 at 03:54, Alan wrote:
> >  - In the mail settings dialog the button at the bottom is labeled
> >    "Close" no matter what tab you are on.  This is bad design IMHO
as
> >    if you make changes (set, set threading to default on the Display
> >    tab) are your settings save automatically, or not.  People are
used
> >    to seeing "Apply/OK/Cancel" buttons at the bottom of a dialog,
and
> >    in this case I think at least an "OK/Cancel" combination would
make
> >    sense, to allow people the choice to save their settings or not.
> >    If the architecture of the program is a "save as soon as an
option
> >    is set", then instead of close, how about changing it to "OK"
> >    (which is more "friendly" sounding).
>
> Options are set/saved the instant you change them... I guess I agree
> that maybe an OK button instead of Close might be more appropriate. I
> dunno... I'm not a UI expert.

Nor am I, I suppose, though I must say I do agree with Alan.  I would
really prefer having a Cancel option (Apply/Try would be nice but I
could live without it), and I think OK is indeed more "friendly" than a
simple "Close"

> >  - A useful option to have when right clicking on a VFolder would be
> >    "Edit..."
> >
> >  - Allowing more EMACS keybindings (^u is the one I noticed) in the
> >    email composer
>
> The bindings are configurable, you just have to edit the
file...although
> I forget where they are. I think they are accessable via the gnomecc
> program.

Yes... gnomecc->HTML Viewer->Keyboard Shortcuts.  You can select "Emacs
Like" from the "Shortcuts type" list.  I just with there was a "VI like"
=) or at least the "MS like" worked better.

--Eric