[Design] Email options: email submission to collections

[Philippe Bossut]

Hi,

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Perhaps more important than the Chandler desktop user using email 
> submissions as a way to get data into Chandler from other email 
> clients...email submissions allows casual collaborators, to submit 
> items to shared collections without having to use Chandler and/or go 
> to Cosmo. Instead, they can collaborate with Chandler users (Hub, 
> Coordinator, etc) from the comfort of their own email client.
Agree. However, if the management of complex email aliases 
(joeblow.workcalendar.event at submit.osaf.com for instance) and the 
mastery of arcane subject line (/event 12/15/06 it's Xmas!) becomes to 
difficult or error prone, this comfort might rapidly dissipate. Just the 
fact that they'll have to remember at least 2 email addresses for each 
person (the "normal" email and the "calendar" email) is going to be 
difficult for some to understand, unless they are motivated for 
professional reasons (e.g. Coordinator).

That's why I was trying to refocus on the user scenarios and needs. I 
was afraid that we were starting to loose sight of them (at least, *I* 
was clearly started to become confused...).

Cheers,
- Philippe