[Chandler-dev] [Proposal] Tbird - First Pass

[Mimi Yin]

Here is the proposal Brian Kirsch and I came up with after meeting  
briefly yesterday re: next steps for the Thunderbird plugin. (I have  
embellished with mock-ups). Again, we are looking to implement an  
'easy' first pass at getting messages from T-bird into users'  
Chandler Hub accounts.

1. Add 'Set up Chandler Account' to the Tools>>Add-ons menu
Q. Do we need a menu item for 'Remove'?

2. See account set-up mock-up below.
+ Enter user name + password
+ Select collection you want messages to be sent to - We'd like users  
to be able to have more flexibility around what collections messages  
are sent to. But as a first pass, we're going to force you to choose  
one a priori.
+ Test button to make sure it's working
+ Cancel + Okay buttons

3. Add 'Send to Chandler' to the Message and Context menus below 'Mark'
- Nice to have: Add sub-menu to select from a list of available  
collections

4. Nice to have: Add a 'Chandler' toolbar button.
- Even nicer to have: Toolbar button + pulldown to select from a list  
of available collections

5. Nice to have: Add a 'Chandler' column to the list view so that  
users can just mark up items they want to send to Chandler in-place.

BIG OPEN ISSUE
+ How do we reconcile the OOTB Hub collection + Desktop 'Dashboard'  
collection? Both are obvious candidates to serve as the 'default'  
collection to send Thunderbird messages to. However, my guess is that  
many Desktop users don't even know that the Hub OOTB collection  
exists in their account and unless they do so explicitly, Desktop  
users will not have their Dashboard collection available to them on  
the server.

This is on the agenda of our Monday web strategy meeting. I imagine  
that we will most likely rely on the user to understand what is going  
and make the right decision. However, this is an usability issue we  
need to address eventually.

Questions for Brian
+ Are the icons for all 3 platforms the same?
+ Are their size requirements for the toolbar and list view icons?
+ Naming conventions?

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