[Users] ReDesign of the filtering dialogs

[Abrolag]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:19:52 +0100
exsudat <exsudat at gmx.de> wrote:

> I have some ideas about redesign the filtering dialogs. This is because
> they are quite complex and unergonomic. This causes errors, to much
> clicks to create/modify a filter. And it is hard to become and overview
> over all filters.
> 
> I opened a general report about this topic
> <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2861>
> 
> I am new with Claws and in this community. So I am just introducing
> myself.
> I was a software developer and engineere in the past. But I am not
> quite talented. :D So I quite this job. But I just tell you this to
> show that I have a quite deep view in the materia and know how things
> work and how much work it could be to implement something.
> 
> My offer is to develop concrete ideas and designs about the filtering
> dialogs.

What I (at first) found confusing about the dialogues was that you perform the
add/replace action *after* you make the entries.

It is more normal to click an 'add' button, make the entries, then click an OK
button.

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