Pop-ups won't work on other clients if it is an Evolution plugin whereas an email will be available via every email client.
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 20:35 -0600, Jack wrote: > Hi Sebastien! > Thanks for the feedback! I must admit I did not think of sending > myself an email with updated note to myself. I think the added benefit > of having a pop-up sticky note type of thing would be that it jumps out > at you whereas an email to yourself might have a tendency of getting > lost in the clutter, so-to-speak. > > Another benefit would be less of a burden on the email server maybe? > With the notes, you're just adding to the email whereas sending an email > to yourself creates adds to more traffic and more email in your folders. > All this might be a non-factor though; I'm really just speculating on > this point. The real benefit, I think is that the sticky note is > something that would jump out and not sort of get sort of blended into > the background of the email chain. > > Also, with sending yourself an email, you'd have to open that email (or > at least click on it to see it in the preview window). The sticky note, > as I envision it, would just pop up when you put your cursor on an email > in your list without clicking on it. (maybe that's not a good thing?) > > I envision the sticky note being something that, as attached to the > email, would stick to it regardless of where you accessed that > particular email. But I don't want to try to get too detailed into the > hows and design specifics as I simply lack the knowledge to do so. I've > got the basic idea in mind but have no idea how it would be created or > implemented. > > I apologize if I'm not describing it well. It's all very clear in my > head but I am sometimes not the best at describing my own ideas. > Fortunately, there are much smarter people in the world than me. :) > > On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 11:13 +0900, Sebastien Duval wrote: > > Hi Jack, > > Thanks for the proposal, it is always nice to have ideas flying around. > > > > I think that associating information to e-mails can be useful. > > However, from your description, I wonder what would be the interest of > > the notes compared to simply sending an e-mail to yourself containing > > the information to add... Sending an e-mail to yourself has the > > additional advantage to make the information available when using > > another computer (on the move, whatever). Have You considered this > > simple alternative? If so, what advantage did You see in using sticky > > notes instead? > > > > -- > > Sébastien Duval, PhD > > National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, Japan) > > > > On 2/17/07, Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > I apologize if this suggestion has already been made before or if > > > folks > > > don't think it is a good one. I think Evolution is a fantastic product > > > and, as I deal with a large amount of email in my job, I thought of a > > > feature that might help Evolution get more of an edge over MS Outlook: > > > sticky notes on emails. > > > > > > Like I said, I deal with a lot of email at work (sometimes I feel like > > > emailing IS my job...) and as I go through various chains, I sometimes > > > lose track of what is going on with the subject matter in one or > > > another. So I thought, it would really be nice if I could attach > > > something like sticky notes to emails to remind myself that something > > > had occurred outside the email chain (like a face to face discussion) > > > that had an impact on the subject matter in the email chain. For > > > instance, maybe a decision was being asked for, but the response was > > > made over the phone. So, there's never a response to the email asking > > > for a decision. What I have in mind is that you could right-click (or > > > left click for you left-handers) on the email and attach a sticky note > > > (could look just like a desktop note) where you could note to yourself > > > that the decision was made and what it was. Then, when looking at the > > > email at some later date, when you put your cursor over it, the sticky > > > note would pop up and you would see the note to yourself. > > > > > > The sticky note would not be sent with any forwards or responses to > > > emails and would just remain on that user's account (or maybe an option > > > could exist to send the note along with the forwarded email). > > > > > > I do not mean this to be confused with turning an email into a Task. > > > This is basically desktop sticky notes meant to be attached to specific > > > emails. > > > > > > Again, I apologize if this is something that's already been thought of > > > and shot down or scheduled to be included. I also have to apologize > > > because I don't know how to write programs otherwise I'd create it > > > myself and submit for approval. I'm an intermediate computer user that > > > can install a linux distribution and get it to run some programs that I > > > like and that's about it. In short, I know just enough to be a danger > > > to my computer. :) > > > > > > Thank you all for creating a fantastic product! I hope my idea is a > > > positive one! > > > > > > Jack > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
