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For documentation of ideas from {{bug|448716}}, Preferences UI clean up. | For documentation of ideas from {{bug|448716}}, Preferences UI clean up. | ||
== Mile stones == | |||
The list below is a proposal for how the goal of cleaning up the Preferences menu could be archived. | |||
# Deciding for tab layout ([[Thunderbird:Preference_Settings#Reducing the number of sub-tabs]]) | |||
# Making mock ups of all tabs with options included | |||
# Deciding on options that can be deprecated ([[Thunderbird:Preference_Settings#Deprecated_Options]]) | |||
# Deciding which options should be moved to other tabs | |||
# Deciding which options should be moved to a new Global Account Settings menu | |||
## Re-evaluate the options in the Preference tabs to avoid having to increase the window size. | |||
# Making mock up of Global Account Settings menu ([[Thunderbird:Preference_Settings#Proposed_options_for_Global_Account_Settings_menu]]) | |||
# Deciding which options should be moved to other tabs | |||
# Clean up current Account Settings | |||
# Submit bug reports | |||
=== Status === | |||
Waiting for an "okay for now"-approval for milestone 1 before moving to milestone 2. | |||
== Account Settings and Preferences definitions == | |||
In {{bug|448716}} Comment #17, Comment #18, Comment #19 it was it discussed how the definitions of Account Settings and Preferences should be. | |||
So far the definitions are | |||
* Preferences: program behaviour | |||
* Account Settings: global and local email or folder related | |||
* Identity Manager: user manager {{bug|448691}} | |||
The purpose of these definitions is to make the clear where an option belongs when we come to milestone 4 and milestone 5. | |||
From an users point of view, it should make it easier to find a particular option. | |||
== Reducing the number of sub-tabs == | |||
The current Preferences menu have 6 main tabs and 13 sub-tabs. The goal is to reduce the number of sub-tabs by increasing the number of main-tabs and maybe the window size. | |||
The current window looks like this, where the first line is the title of the main-tab: | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| | | |||
| General | Display | Composition | Privacy | Attachments | Advanced | | |||
| | Format | General | Junk | | General | | |||
| | Tags | Addressing | Scams | | Network & Disk Space | | |||
| | | Spelling | Anti-Virus | | Updates | | |||
| | | | Passwords | | Certificates | | |||
| | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
</pre> | |||
In Firefox the Preferences looks like: | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| | | |||
| Main | Tabs | Content | Applications | Privacy | Security | Advanced | | |||
| | General | | |||
| | Network | | |||
| | Updates | | |||
| | Encryption | | |||
| | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
</pre> | |||
The proposed layout for Thunderbird looks like: | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| | | |||
| Main | Display | Composition | Junk | Security | Advanced | | |||
| | General | | |||
| | Reading & Display | | |||
| | Junk | | |||
| | Network & Disk Space | | |||
| | Update | | |||
| | Certificates | | |||
| | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
</pre> | |||
In the above mock-up have the content of the main-tabs been set to: | |||
* Main = General + Attachments | |||
* Display = Display->Format + Privacy->Email Scams | |||
* Composition = Composition->General + Composition->Spelling | |||
* Security = Privacy->Passwords | |||
Please open the Thunderbird Preferences menu to see what each tab contains. The window size may not need to be increased. | |||
== Global Account Settings menu == | |||
The Global Account Settings menu would have the same tree layout as the individual accounts. So the tree would look like: | |||
<pre> | |||
Global Settings | |||
Server Settings | |||
Copies & Folders | |||
Composition & Addressing | |||
Offline & Disk Space | |||
Junk Settings | |||
Return Receipts | |||
Security | |||
Account 1 | |||
Server Settings | |||
Copies & Folders | |||
Composition & Addressing | |||
Offline & Disk Space | |||
Junk Settings | |||
Return Receipts | |||
Security | |||
Account 2 | |||
Server Settings | |||
Copies & Folders | |||
Composition & Addressing | |||
Offline & Disk Space | |||
Junk Settings | |||
Return Receipts | |||
Security | |||
Accounts Continue | |||
</pre> | |||
=== Single window version mock up === | |||
The options are taken from [[Thunderbird:Preference_Settings#Proposed options for Global Account Settings menu]] | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| | | |||
| Global Account Settings | | |||
| | | |||
| When new messages arrive | | |||
| [ ] Show an alert | | |||
| [ ] Play a sound | | |||
| ( ) Default system sound for new mail | | |||
| ( ) Use the following sound file [_______] [Browse] [Play] | | |||
| | | |||
| Forward Messages as [Inline/As Attachment] | | |||
| | | |||
| Configure text format behaviour [Send Options...] | | |||
| | | |||
| Junk | | |||
| Set your default junk mail settings. Account-specific junk mail settings can be configured in | | |||
| Account Settings. | | |||
| | | |||
| [x] When I mark messages as junk | | |||
| (o) Move them to the account's "Junk" folder | | |||
| ( ) Delete them | | |||
| [ ] Mark messages determined to be junk as read | | |||
| [x] Enable junk filter loggin [Show log] [Reset Training Data] | | |||
| | | |||
| Attachments Folder | | |||
| (o) Ask me where to save every file | | |||
| ( ) Save all attachments to this folder [____________] [Browse] | | |||
| | | |||
| Determine how Thunderbird handles return receipts [Return Receipts...] | | |||
| | | |||
| Disk Space | | |||
| [x] Compact folders when it will save over [ ] KB | | |||
| | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
</pre> | |||
== Proposed options for Global Account Settings menu == | |||
In Preferences I think the following belongs in a Global Account Settings menu: | |||
* When new messages arrive | |||
* Forward Messages: [Inline/As Attachment] | |||
* Configure text format behaviour [Send Options...] | |||
* Junk | |||
* Attachments folder | |||
* Determine how Thunderbird handles return receipts [Return Receipts...] | |||
* [v] Compact folders when it will save over [ ]KB | |||
I suggest those to be moved to a Global Account Settings menu, because each of | |||
these are direct email or folder related. | |||
If you look at Edit->Account Settings->Return Receipts Thunderbird have already | |||
introduced the Global Settings concept. What Thunderbird here means by "Global" | |||
is "what have been configured in the Preferences". | |||
== Links to Concept Pages == | |||
The following User-space pages are available as related contributions: | |||
* [[User:Clarkbw/Preferences]] | |||
* [[User:Rsx11m/Thunderbird:Preference Scoring]] | |||