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

[Sheila Mooney]

Mimi,

If the messages contain event information I assume we going to stamp  
those as events when they are imported?

Sheila


On Feb 8, 2008, at 12:06 PM, 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'?
>
> 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?
>
> <Tbird_account.png><Tbird_list.png>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>
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