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

Brian Kirsch bkirsch at osafoundation.org
Mon Feb 11 17:30:00 PST 2008


Looks good,
Although I am concerned that (#5) the context menu is too verbose,  
meaning that when there is a long collection name it will cause
undesirable expansion.

Just my two cents :)

-Brian


On Feb 11, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Here is a 2nd Pass at a design proposal for Thunderbird plugin.  
> Brian, I've tweaked some of the verbiage, so please review  
> carefully. Not sure if it's worth doing the 'custom context menu  
> text' in #5 below.
>
> Mockups here: http://chandlerproject.org/Notes/TbirdMockups
>
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>
>> 1. Add 'Set up Chandler Account' to the Tools>>Add-ons menu
>
> As Brian pointed out, we need a way for users to change their  
> account info if they ever change their username / password info.  
> Also, we need a way for users to change which collection messages  
> get added to. Plan of record is to simply swap out the 'Set up  
> Chandler Account' menu text with 'Update Chandler Account', which  
> will take users to the 1st screen of the account setup wizard, pre- 
> populated with the settings they entered to set up the account in  
> the first place. From there users can either update their account  
> info and/or change the collection messages are added to.
>
>>
> 2. Screen 1: Enter account info
>
> Introduction text with link to sign up for a Hub account if you  
> haven't already.
>
> 2a. Select Chandler Hub
>> + Enter user name + password
>
> 2b. Select Chandler Server
> + Enter path
> + Enter user name + password
> + Enter port, [  ] SSL
>
> BUTTONS
> + Cancel button
> + Greyed out Previous button
> + Active Next button (highlighted by default)
>
> 3. Screen 2: Select collection you'd like to add messages to.
>
> BUTTONS
> + Cancel button
> + Active Previous button
> + Active Next button (highlighted by default)
>
> 4. Screen 3: Confirmation that account set up was successful +  
> instructions on how to add messages to designated Chandler collection.
>
> 5. Add - Add to xxx on Chandler Hub to the Message and Context  
> menus below 'Mark'
> - xxx = collection name
> - Chandler Hub should be replaced by Chandler Server if that's the  
> kind of account the user set up.
>
>> - Nice to have: Add sub-menu to select from a list of available  
>> collections
>>
>> 6. Nice to have: Add a 'Chandler' toolbar button.
>> - Even nicer to have: Toolbar button + pulldown to select from a  
>> list of available collections
>>
>> 7. 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.
>
>
>
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