Re: [Q] : could someone report success with filters on reception ?

[Kacper Wysocki <kacperw online no>]

On 09/18/03 16:36:52, Francisco Ortiz Santini wrote:
> On 2003.09.18 16:21, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
>> On 09/18/2003, emmanuel ALLAUD wrote:
>> [ snip ]
>>> Yes we should definitely make it clearer and usable. Though I don't  
>>> have any suggestion there (moreover Francisco pointed also that it  
>>> is confisuing to have filters in 2 different top-level menus...)

>> OK, so maybe we need a new Filters menu, with Filters => Edit (which  
>> pops up the same dialog as Edit => Filters...) and Filters => Apply  
>> ((which pops up the same dialog as Mailbox => Edit/Apply Filters)?
>> 
>> Or were we trying to cut down on the number of menus...? ;-)

> I don't know if this would be a good suggestion or make any sense,  
> but I would consider moving the filter menu under "Mailbox" to the  
> Edit/Filters menu as a third tab, that would be: "Match", "Action"  
> and "Mailbox" or "Mailbox to apply" or something like that. So, the  
> end-user would know the match that he/she has to create, the action  
> to be performed, and what mailboxes (either defaults or created)  
> would affected by the new filter, as well as deciding whether the  
> action should take place immediately or after closing Balsa. Hope  
> this helps for something.

As one of the users that had problems with this, I'd like to put in my  
five cents worth.
How about just
Mailbox -> "Edit filters" (what Edit->Filters.. is now) and
Mailbox -> "Apply Filters"
(which is currently called "Edit/Apply Filters").

Following the K.I.S.S.-principle...

Regards,
	Kacper