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

[Mimi Yin]

Yea, I'm worried about that too, but I was concerned about the user  
either forgetting the collection messages were being added to and/or  
what the collection name referred to (collection on Chandler Hub).

On Feb 11, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Brian Kirsch wrote:

> 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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