Adding an entry to the KAB database is fairly intuitive with pop-up help but
the process of adding or editing an e-mail address is not.
I add the debian-kde lists to KAB, enter the name through the Name tab. I
then switch to the Contact tab. Finding I need to click on the Edit email
address tab is fairly obvious but requiring me to click on a camoflauged
square which is the same color as its surroundings and is only deleanated by
a thin black line is most _non-obvious_. Regardless of the inefficiency of
the dialog design, I achieve my goal after a few days of thought.
Suggestions: Add a title so that a newbie to the wonderful KDE 2.1 (like
myself) can discern what to do in a glance. The button row could read as
follows: "Add Address", "OK", "Apply" and "Cancel", then the other buttons
on the side to manipulate the list. Make the dialog a bit wider (some people
actually do have "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"-type
addresss) and every fits in quite nicely.
If you're offended by such non-geek dialog styling and prefer cryptic
designs, go code a skinning module for KMail and create your own skin.
P.S. Yes, I know the programmers solution -- add a new button that calls the
procedures called by that camoed button -- but I'm not intimate with
KMail source code.
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Robert Tilley
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
