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

[Mimi Yin]

If there is an .ics attachment or Chandler eimml attachment, I assume  
so. Brian?

On Feb 8, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Sheila Mooney wrote:

> 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?
>>
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