I'm trying to get to grips with workflows dealing with large volumes of emails and have some comments to offer:
1) message list: a minor niggle, but when the message list loses focus, it isn't easy to see which item in the list is current - the visual effect becomes too subtle (I have normal colour vision). 2) labelling: this feature is useful in that you can tag what needs to be done using a range of labels and colours, e.g. evaluate / discuss / reply / keep 6months (filter cleans up) / keep forever Also, my wife and I both use the same login and share some email accounts, so it helps if we can label messages for who has to deal with each, e.g. his / hers / both ..but either way we've found the labelling usability suffers for a couple of reasons. First of all, clicks: • changing label from one to another requires going through the menus twice, since as soon as a label is applied the dialog disappears, and • getting to the labels requires lots of clicks (or three key presses), inline access from a field in the message list would be quicker, as would direct access to the label list via the message window Secondly, colours: • priority marking overrides black base colour with dark red, but other colours remain unchanged when priority marking applied - inconsistent behaviour. • when you select a message in the message list, the colour ceases to be visible • colours only work with single labels, apply more than one label and the colour reverts to black. It might be better if the latest label colour won through? Or if you could change the settings so only the latest label applied and earlier ones were automatically dis-applied? 3) Flags • again, lots of clicks required - would prefer inline editing via message list • can't change flag colours, and colours available are too similar to be easy to distinguish I'm not sure whether to put these in as separate or joint enhancement bugs. Particularly as bugs I've filed before to do with usability seem to not progress much: 510585 Evolution mailer – Users should be able to delete attachments / detach attachments http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205927 557391 - threading order http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557391 On this latter one I note that Thunderbird 3 now proposes to include a conversation view! Wonder how long it'll be before Evolution catches up too? Thanks Jacek _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
