Josh Harding wrote:
> Perhaps new users might find this too confusing, but maybe this could be
> the advanced view for filters. I really like this layout and the
> flexibility that it offers!
I remember when Matthew posted this originally, and thought it was
completely brilliant! Are the contents of this actually attached to a
bug somewhere so it doesn't get forgotten?
Cheers,
Len.
>
> The Amigo
>
> The following was originally posted by Matthew Thomas on 4/22/00:
>
>> Well, I don't know how hard the back-end work would be, but the GUI
>> design is already done ... I designed this when I first saw the
>> filter GUI in 4.x in 1998.
>>
>> By default, it would look like this:
>>
>> Filter messages which match
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+-+
>> |[all of the following :^] ( More ) : X : |A|
>> | | |:|
>> | +-[subject :^] [contains :^] [| ] : X : |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |V|
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+-+
>> and perform the action [move to folder :^] [Trash :^]
>>
>>
>> That's not really all that more complicated than the 4.x GUI, for
>> those who just want simple filters. The only addition is the `X'
>> buttons, which delete the current row -- something which you can't do
>> in 4.x (if you want to delete a row other than the last one in 4.x,
>> you're stuck).
>>
>> But for those users who want full Boolean filters, by selecting `all
>> of the following' or `any of the following' from the popup menus
>>
>> +----------------------+
>> | subject |
>> | sender |
>> | body |
>> | date |
>> | priority |
>> | to |
>> | to or CC |
>> | age in days |
>> |----------------------|
>> | all of the following |
>> | any of the following |
>> +----------------------+,
>>
>> they could pretty easily get to something like this:
>>
>> Filter messages which match
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+-+
>> |[all of the following :^] ( More ) : X : |A|
>> | | |:|
>> | +-[any of the following :^] ( More ) ( X ) |:|
>> | | | |:|
>> | | +-[sender :^] [ends with :^] [bucksch.org ] ( X ) |:|
>> | | | |:|
>> | | +-[sender :^] [contains :^] [garcia ] ( X ) |:|
>> | | |:|
>> | +-[subject :^] [contains :^] [[OFFTOPIC] ] ( X ) |:|
>> | |:|
>> | |V|
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------+-+
>> and perform the action [delete message :^]
>>
>> I'd like to see the same GUI used in the Find dialog for messages and
>> bookmarks and stuff too.
