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diff --git a/designs/ChangeLog b/designs/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d60f68aa5 --- /dev/null +++ b/designs/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +2003-01-03 Anna Marie Dirks <anna@ximian.com> + + * read_receipts: New directory. + diff --git a/designs/read_receipts/spec.txt b/designs/read_receipts/spec.txt index e07fd51eff..dd8fb7b832 100644 --- a/designs/read_receipts/spec.txt +++ b/designs/read_receipts/spec.txt @@ -1,16 +1,22 @@ Specification for Read Receipts: +0) Screenshots: The screenshots included in this directory are: -Screenshots: The screenshots included in this directory are: +a) proposal.png : My proposal for the RR page of the settings dialog -1) Proposal.png : My proposal for the RR page of the settings dialog -2) read_receipt_options.jpg : Outlook (Express)'s RR settings dialog -3) security_options.jpg : Outlook (Express)'s Secure Receipts settings dialog -4) notification-of-rr-request.jpg : The question dialog which appears if you have configured outlook to ask you before sending read receipts. -5) receipt.jpg: The receipt itself, as found in my inbox. +b) read_receipt_options.jpg : Outlook (Express)'s RR settings dialog +c) security_options.jpg : Outlook (Express)'s Secure Receipts settings +dialog -1) Settings Dialog: +d) notification-of-rr-request.jpg : The question dialog which appears +if you have configured outlook to ask you before sending read +receipts. + +3) receipt.jpg: The receipt itself, as found in my inbox. + + +1) The Read Receipt Settings Dialog: a) Location: Should be added to the "Mail Preferences" section of the global settings dialog, in its own tab, entitled "Receipts". @@ -24,26 +30,38 @@ c) Insensitive widgets: Unless the "Always send back a read receipt" option is selected, the checkbox beneath it ("Unless the message is sent to a mailing list, etc") should be insensitive. -d) Known problems:The text as shown in my mockup could be improved. I +d) Known problems: The text as shown in my mockup could be improved. I would be more than happy to have Aaron (and anyone else who'd like to help) assist me in making the text more clear. -2) Read Receipt Messages: +2) Read Receipt Messages: -a) Appearance: Read Receipt messages should appear in your inbox with the subject line: "Read:" (or "Message Read:"); "Read:" is what Outlook does, I think expanding it to "Message Read:" is a bit more clear. +a) Appearance: Read Receipt messages should appear in your inbox with +the subject line: "Read:" (or "Message Read:"); "Read:" is what +Outlook does, I think expanding it to "Message Read:" is a bit more +clear. -b) The text of this message should tell you: - i) what time you sent the mail, - ii) what the subject of your email was - iii) what the email address of your recipient is - iv) what time your message was read by its recipient +b) The text of this message should tell you: i) what time you sent the +mail, ii) what the subject of your email was iii) what the email +address of your recipient is iv) what time your message was read by +its recipient -c) When as user has selected to be asked before sending a read receipt, he should be presented with a question dialog (including "Yes, Send" and "No, Don't Send" buttons.) The dialog should inform the user that a read reciept has been requested by the sender of the mail in question, and ask if s/he want to send such a receipt. +c) When as user has selected to be asked before sending a read +receipt, he should be presented with a question dialog (including +"Yes, Send" and "No, Don't Send" buttons.) The dialog should inform +the user that a read reciept has been requested by the sender of the +mail in question, and ask if s/he want to send such a receipt. -3) Secure Receipts: Outlook includes support for "secure receipts", and I am unsure of whether or not this is something we can support. My hunch is that secure receipts are S/MIME related, and hence not applicable to Evo at present. +3) Secure Receipts: Outlook includes support for "secure receipts", +and I am unsure of whether or not this is something we can support. My +hunch is that secure receipts are S/MIME related, and hence not +applicable to Evo at present. -The secure receipt settings, in Outlook,are launched by pressing the "Secure Receipts..." button in the RR setting dialog. The secure_options.jpg screenshot shows these options. +The secure receipt settings, in Outlook,are launched by pressing the +"Secure Receipts..." button in the RR setting dialog. The +secure_options.jpg screenshot shows these options. -Jeff? Michael? Dan? Anyone have an idea of what this secure receipt stuff is, and if we need to include it in our implementation? +Jeff? Michael? Dan? Anyone have an idea of what this secure receipt +stuff is, and if we need to include it in our implementation? |