GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 246235
Add Virtual Folder Rule dialog - UI suggestions
Last modified: 2013-09-13 00:52:51 UTC
Add Virtual Folder Rule dialog - To open, choose Tools > Virtual Folder Editor, click Add. 1. Would it be more logical to put the Add button and Execute actions drop- down list below the table of criteria? Would this make more sense from a usability point of view? 2. It might make the functionality of the vFolder Sources group clearer if it was like this: |---Sources for Virtual Folder------------------------------| | | | (*) All local folders | | ( ) All active remote folders | | ( ) All local folders and active remote folders | | ( ) Specific folders [Select Folder] | | ---------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------- | |-----------------------------------------------------------| This bug blocks bug 246224.
For #1, can you explain your logic a bit? For #2, I agree with you. Thanks! Anna
My logic for #1: Users already have one row of what the Add button gives them when they open the dialog. I am trying to follow a principle of moving from simple to complex down the dialog. That is, don't make the user need to figure out the relationship between these three elements until they need to. It may be that they will not need to use the Add button at all, so why confuse the path to the rule row with the Add button?
at least retargetting from 2.3 to 2.5
Created attachment 58630 [details] [review] Changed layout
did not happen in 2.5 timeframe, changing target milestone to 2.7 because we have a patch available. not possible for 2.6 because of UI freeze though.
I have reviewed it in 2.6 time frame. This was missed out. It can be committed to head.
Created attachment 68780 [details] screenshot of the new UI "see the changes(TM)!"
committed the patch to CVS HEAD after recompiling and some testing: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/mail/em-vfolder-rule.c?r1=1.11&r2=1.12 http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/mail/em-vfolder-rule.h?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/mail/mail-dialogs.glade?r1=1.7&r2=1.8 patch will be included in unstable evolution 2.7.5. thanks to jony for providing and to srini for reviewing. * UI Change Announcement Period disclaimer: sent email to gnome-doc-list and gnome-i18n. *