Re: [M-User] Suggestion for "Adress" part of compose message window
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From: Vadim Z. <Vad...@dp...> - 2002-04-05 11:30:56
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:39:46 +0200 (CEST) Martin Jost <Mar...@mu...> wrote: MJ> I sometimes have to send mail BCC: to a bunch of people. All those are in MJ> one folder of the adress book. So what I do now is: MJ> - Type the (start of the) folder-name in the 'Adress' field MJ> - Expand it MJ> - Press <RETURN> (now I have 'n' "To"-lines MJ> - Change the "To" to "Bcc" ("n" times) - annoying MJ> MJ> Unless I miss something... There is no really convenient way to do it yet but it would be a bit less painful to enter something (anything at all) in the address field, press enter and then change the recipient type to "BCC". Then all the subsequent ones you add will be "BCC" by default as well. MJ> I would like to see this changed as following: MJ> Instead of the 'Adress' field there is a selection "To, CC, Bcc, ..." MJ> (as now appears after the pressing of <RETURN>) Yes, it looks like a good idea. I wonder if it's going to be clear that you have to press <Enter> to be able to enter more than one recipient (or several recipients of different kinds). MJ> You MJ> - select the type of adress using this button MJ> - fill the adress in and expand it MJ> - if you now press enter you get 'n' BCC or CC (or whatever you selected) MJ> MJ> Does this sound sensible ?! Yes. MJ> BTW: MJ> At first I didn't realize how to create BCC (or CC) entries at all. I MJ> missed the "press <RETURN>" part. With the change at least the CC/BCC... MJ> entries are "visible" at once. I'm also thinking we should have an explanatory message box when the user opens the composer for the first time. Do you think it'd help or will people just close it without reading? MJ> I'm wondering about a appropriate button which does, the same as <RETURN> does MJ> now. (Splitting multiple entries into seperate lines) MJ> Does anybody have some ideas how to name such a button ?! "Submit"? Or maybe "More recipients" or "Add recipient"? In any case, it could replace the "Expand" button as it duplicates what can already be done with "Tab" key. Or, another idea, maybe we could have small buttons with icons "x" for "Delete" and "???" for "Expand" - then they would take less space. Any further ideas are welcome, I'd really like to make the composer as comfortable to use as possible. Thanks! VZ |