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

Mimi Yin mimi at osafoundation.org
Sat Feb 9 10:14:06 PST 2008


Ohhhh, I'm an idiot. You're saying we can't draw up the list of  
collections for you to choose from until we've had a chance to ping  
the server with your user name password. So yes, the wizard does make  
the most sense. I will come back with more mockups.

Thanks Brian.

On Feb 8, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I'm not sure we need to do all that given that there are only 3  
> fields to fill out. I think if we end up needing to add more steps  
> we should definitely keep that in mind.
>
> For example, we could provide options for how much functionality  
> people want to add to the UI:
> - Toolbar button?
> - Column in the list?
> - Stamping buttons?
> etc...


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