Summary | Fix these Really Annoying "features" |
Queue | Horde Groupware Webmail Edition |
Queue Version | 5.2.0RC1 |
Type | Enhancement |
State | Rejected |
Priority | 2. Medium |
Owners | |
Requester | bob (at) bobhurt (dot) com |
Created | 07/04/2014 (3996 days ago) |
Due | |
Updated | 01/22/2016 (3429 days ago) |
Assigned | |
Resolved | 01/22/2016 (3429 days ago) |
Milestone | |
Patch | No |
State ⇒ Rejected
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more. It up to how you configure it.
have no way to return to the previous screen. Alt left arrow
produces a message about form submission. This is frustrating and
annoying. Provide a way to return to the previous screen.
proper queue (Turba), if one doesn't exist already.
State ⇒ New
Priority ⇒ 2. Medium
Type ⇒ Enhancement
Summary ⇒ Fix these Really Annoying "features"
Queue ⇒ Horde Groupware Webmail Edition
Milestone ⇒
Patch ⇒ No
least the software works for me as I somewhat expect. Please fix
these weirdnesses:
1. checkboxes on mail - when I check a bunch of boxes, then
accidentally click outside the check box of an item, Horde unchecks
everything I had checked. This is nuts because I have to go back and
recheck everything. Fix this by requiring Esc to uncheck, and
providing undo/redo for check operations. Accidentally clicking
outside a checkbox must not uncheck everything. If nothing more,
prompt the user as to whether to uncheck everything. Yes, I realize I
can simply hold down the shift or Ctrl key and click to select. I had
to mess with it a while before I figured that out.
2. Import from Gmail address books properly. I save Gmail address
book to a vcf, then import into Horde. Some Gmail contacts have
multiple email addresses. Horde allows only one email address, but
multiple phone numbers. To accommodate this weirdness, Horde creates
additional entries for a given contact, with a different email for
each, but Horde does not show the differences between the contacts.
This creates a confusing address book glut of contacts. This fact
worsens the problem: Google has promoted its Hangouts to all new
Android 4.4+ phones, starting with Nexus phones, and any user with a
gmail account has automatic synchronization of the phone contact list
with the gmail contact list. It would be wonderful if Horde allowed
one to keep its address book synced with gmail, outlook / hotmail /
Thunderbird contact lists. At the very least, add more email address
fields to the horde contact list so that import from gmail does not
create additional name entries, and let users specify the "Default"
email address and phone number. Furthermore, provide a way for users
to show email addresses AND phone numbers on the screen that displays
contacts in the address book. That screen could show whether contacts
are duplicates of each other, or MOSTly duplicates.
3. We NEED features to help us clean up address books that have
duplicate entries or mostly-duplicate entries. Most users do not need
or want duplicate entries. I have a ton of email-address-only
contacts, where I don't even know the name. Gmail and Thunderbird
seem to stash these in the contact list. Many of these also exist in
entries with names. I want Horde to offer a feature that scans the
address book and merges all email addresses having no name with
contacts having names and identical email addresses. I also want it
to merge all contact names with multiple phone numbers or multiple
email addresses. THIS is the most messed up area of all email/webmail
clients. Horde can show some leadership by fixing the problem better
than any other product does.
4. After searching in the address book, or editing a record, we have
no way to return to the previous screen. Alt left arrow produces a
message about form submission. This is frustrating and annoying.
Provide a way to return to the previous screen.