Wednesday, August 22, 2007, 8:37:24 AM, you wrote: > "Indie_Dev" wrote on 22/08/2007 at 07:42:45 +1100 > subject "Interface Inconsistencies" :
>>>> 1) Why is there no 'Delete All' option when you click on the >>>> attachment tab in the viewer page? If there are several attachments >>>> and you want to delete them, you have to repeat the 'Delete' action >>>> numerous times. God help you if some relative decides to send you a >>>> ton of pictures of their new baby voted most likely to be the next >>>> anti-Christ. That means in order to delete 24 pictures of the next >>>> anti-Christ, you have to do a total of (24*3) clicks. That, to me, is >>>> patently unacceptable. >>> You only need 3 clicks. One to select the first attachment, a second one >>> (shift+click) on the last attachment and _all_ (no matter the number) >>> will then be selected. Then, right click and select delete. >> Once again, I am _aware_ of the use of [undocumented] hotkeys. > This is not an undocumented hotkey. It's normal Windows feature. Each > Windows user is supposed to know this. I wasn't saying that it was undocumented in Windows. Hence the optional case [] statement in that line. Plus, you can't even use that. When that attachment dialog opens, any further key or mouse action, will close it. Which means, there is no way to do multiple selections as per Windows (ctrl+, shift+) conventions. Go ahead, try it. I just did and it does not work. Unless I'm missing something. Here is what I did. - left-click on attachment icon in message viewer. It then opens up to reveal all the attachments - press shift key in order to make further selection, removes the dialog - press mouse click in order to make further selection, removes the dialog So, with the dialog open, how can you make multiple selections without closing it? >> Was I >> talking about hotkeys? No. I was talking about the interface GUI in >> terms of _usability_. I have a hand holding the mouse. Using that hand, >> I can do some tasks (delete one) but not the other (delete all) when >> in fact it makes _no_ sense that I shouldn't. Especially when you >> consider that they are both related. > It makes sense that it does not exist, as it is not an usual command > in the Windows interface. > I think that "Select all" Ctrl+A is missing, _not_ "Delete all". True. I suppose a "Select All" and then pressing the "Delete" key would solve that problem. Nevertheless, given my above experiment, that won't work either because as soon as you press the CTRL key, the dialog will be removed, thus preventing any further ops. -- cheers, Indie_Dev ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.99.20 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
