Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Addressbook again

[Johnny Strom <jonny strom netikka fi>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> Hakon proposed an enhancement to GnomeMeeting to have a quick access to
> the contacts you are calling the most often through the menus without
> requiring to access the addressbook.
>
> He proposed to add a flag for each contact in the Edit contact or Add
> contact dialog "[X] Display that contact in the favorites"
> The favorites contacts are thus accessible from the Call menu or from a
> drop-down menu accessible from the connect button.
>
> As all engineers, I'm lazy and I have tought to 2 alternative solutions,
> easier to code and to manage, but I have to know what is the best for
> you.
>
> Here are the 3 possible solutions:
>
> 1) As Hakon proposed, when you edit or add a contact, there is a
> checkbox to determine if the user is part of the favorites or not.
>
> 2) All groups would have editable properties. The unique property would
> also be a checkbox determining if the whole group has to be displayed in
> the favorites or not.
>
> 3) We create one more group besides Friends, Work, Family that would be
> called Favorites. When you add or edit an user, you can add it or remove
> it from the Favorites. The Favorites member would automatically be
> displayed in the drop-down menu.
>
> I prefer solution 3 because it is :
> - easy to code
> - similar to solution 1 but more logical
>
> However, it is perhaps less intuitive and it would require a better
> naming than Favorites.
>
> What's your advice?


Hi

I wote for 3 that, but perhaps "Fast calls" would be
a better name of the group.

Cheers Johnny