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

[Brian Kirsch]

Hi Mimi,
See comments in-line.

-Brian


On Feb 8, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> 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'?
>


Hum, how about an Enable / Disable this account checkbox on the  
Chandler account setup page.


> 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
>

I don't think the test button is needed since it is implied that the  
account has to be correctly set up before
the user will be able to select the collection to send messages to.  
If the account is not correct then
an error will be raised when contacting the server to get the user  
collection list.

Perhaps this should be moved to a wizard type dialog where the  
information can be added
in stages.

Page One:
    Enter username and account - clicking next will retrieve the  
collections for the account.  With this
                                                           type of  
workflow the Test button should remain so the user can
                                                           try the  
account before hitting next.

    Page Two:
       Select the collection to use to send mail to.

    Page Three:
         Done page with settings to confirm. This page would have a  
cancel, go back, and done.

     Done = save the settings and activate Chandler menus in the UI  
and Toolbar.


Another option is to try and tie in to the existing TB account wizard  
dialog. It would
be more complicated to implement but might be better for users. I  
will investigate this
as well to see how hard it is. There is an rdf format for registering  
new account types
so I need to play with it a bit. Do you think this option would be  
better if easily
implementable?


> + 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
>

+1

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

+1 will start with a Toolbar icon and then expand with the drop down  
in the second iteration.

> 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?

I believe so, but will confirm.

> + Are their size requirements for the toolbar and list view icons?

32px X 32 px for the toolbar in png format.

> + Naming conventions?
>

No naming convention required at this point. I can always rename
the files at a later date.

I have attached the png that TB uses for the toolbar. Each icon is
selected from the series using css and rect coordinate values.

> <Tbird_account.png><Tbird_list.png>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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