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The list below is a proposal for how the goal of cleaning up the Preferences menu could be archived.
The list below is a proposal for how the goal of cleaning up the Preferences menu could be archived.


* Deciding for tab lay out (Reducing the number of sub-tabs)
# Deciding for tab layout ([[Thunderbird:Preference_Settings#Reducing the number of sub-tabs]])
* Making mock ups of all tabs with options included
# Making mock ups of all tabs with options included
* Deciding on options that can be deprecated
# 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 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


* Deciding which options should be moved to a new Global Account Settings menu
=== Status ===
* Making mock up of Global Account Settings menu
* Deciding which options should be moved to other tabs


* Clean up current Account Settings
Waiting for an "okay for now"-approval for milestone 1 before moving to milestone 2.


* Submit bug reports
== Account Settings and Preferences definitions ==


We currently working at the first bullet point.
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 ==
== Reducing the number of sub-tabs ==
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|                                                                                                        |
|  Main  | Content | Applications |  Privacy    |  Security  | Advanced                                 |
|  Main  | Tabs | Content | Applications |  Privacy    |  Security  | Advanced                         |
|                                                             | General                                 |
|                                                                   | General                           |
|                                                             | Network                                 |
|                                                                   | Network                           |
|                                                             | Updates                                 |
|                                                                   | Updates                           |
|                                                             | Encryption                               |
|                                                                   | Encryption                       |
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|                                                                                                        |
|  Main  | Display |     Tags    | Composition | Privacy   | Advanced                                |
|  Main  | Display | Composition  |   Junk    |   Security   | Advanced                                |
|                                                            | Addressing                              |
|                                                            | General                                  |
|                                                            | Anti-Virus                              |
|                                                            | Reading & Display                        |
|                                                            | Junk                                    |
|                                                            | Junk                                    |
|                                                            | Network & Disk Space                    |
|                                                            | Network & Disk Space                    |
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* Display = Display->Format + Privacy->Email Scams
* Display = Display->Format + Privacy->Email Scams
* Composition = Composition->General + Composition->Spelling  
* Composition = Composition->General + Composition->Spelling  
* Privacy = Privacy->Passwords
* Security = Privacy->Passwords


Please open the Thunderbird Preferences menu to see what each tab contains. The window size may not need to be increased.
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]]
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|                                                                                                        |
|                                      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                                                  |
|                                                                                                        |
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</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]]
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