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Older spec, will be updated

Summary

Goals

• Simplify preferences within the current framework
• Break out preferences that belong to specific component or feature areas (e.g. Account Setup)
• Give users the ability to reset preferences to their default state
• Make prefs extensible so new apps can seamlessly integrate, extension areas are marked like this
• Provide a way that special configuration (e.g. Messenger standalone) are possible without 'breaking' the prefs UI

Target Users

User Tasks

 

Fundamental Tasks Intermediate Tasks Advanced Tasks

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Design Cheatsheet

 New Features for Seamonkey

1. Reset to Default mechanism for each panel (can we do this, todo: verify!)
2. Stub prefs for components not yet downloaded  out for Seamonkey
3. Modular add-on integration (including Netcenter WebMail)
4. Java VM Prefs
5. Security section (TODO: cord with Bob Lord)

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Design Details

Prefs at a Glance

This is a quick overview of each panel in the preferences window. The row headings represent major sections. The naming of the major section should be constant except for the extensible Area shown in the image as "Other Component 1..3". What ever naming we choose for the core App labels has to be consistent with the naming used in the Taskbar, the Task Menu, Help and other areas.

The bold items within each column represent sub-panels. The Main heading represents each section's top-level panel. We decided that each top level panel (labeled 'Main' below) gets also selected when the control is used to expand the panel. This is to ensure users will discover the contents of the top level panel easily, while maintaining compatibility to 4.x.

Each main component should have this structure:

• It's Main panel
• It's Content Appearance subpanel (if appl. and if this is in Seamonkey)
• It's specific subpanels

Newly proposed for Seamonkey

• Main panels also open when they are expanded

• New General section for things that apply to whole Netscape environment
  • New Themes selection subpanel
  • New Sidebar settings subpanel
• Each app has a seperate content appearance section
• Toolbar appearance simplified (only full vs text only)
• Applications and Langauages moved to general

component/state subpanel item beta 1 beta 2 beta 3 out for Seamonkey General Netscape Environment  Main Startup environment with Apps           Themes Select Skins  simple tab to pick a named skin  skin would override last skin for those components that skin covers. For all other last skin remains advanced tab to assign skin per component view by component (what skins are available for it) vs view by skin (what components it covers)           Sidebar Settings  Default Style Sheet Default Font  Default Color may not feasible on a global level   AutoOpen on launch (set to yes) Allow auto opening by content providers           SmartUpdate when how silent how often TBD smart update is 'smart' so no prefs here           Languages Pick list for choosing the order of langauges content should be viewed in. //should be in general, now in Nav           Applications List to relate MIME type to helper applications //should be in general, now in Nav         Navigator Main Start page ( )Blank, ( )Home, ( )Last Page Visited Home page History expire after [x] days, |clear history| Navigation Bar History |Clear Location Bar| Button Appearance ( ) Full ( ) Text only           Content Appearance Default Style style sheet picker Default Colors Colors: [Text | v ] [Background | v ] Links: [Visited | v ] [Unvisited | v ] Default Font for the encoding [abcdefg | v ] use variable width [font | v ] size[ v ] fixed width [font | v ] size[ v ] When a webpage uses its own fonts ( ) use the fonts specified in the page ( ) use my default fonts, ignoring the fonts used by the page //no more dynamic font stuff here! font scaling: [x] dpi           Mail & Newsgroups Only if downloaded separately - 3rd party mail integration???           Search and Smart Browsing     When clicking the search button ( ) use [search engine | v ] ( ) use Advanced Search this may not be in when we allow custmization via search panel [ ] Enable Internet Keywords [ ] Enable What's related Exclude domains [ ] from WR will now be a panel in the sidebar             File Transfer (FTP) Use anonymous login w/email Prompt For ftp login Use OS Internet Settings Default Download folder can we make this global?         Messenger Detail Prefernces for Mail Main Start Page ( ) on ( ) off Button Appearance ( ) Full ( ) Text only Use Netscape Messenger from MAPI based applications           Content Appearance Style Color Font Quoted text begins with ">" and displayed with (Style, Color, Size). Unread message color, font, size. Display plain text messages and articles with... Fixed/Variable Play sound when messages arrive Remember the last selected message Confirm when moving folders to the Trash           Window Settings 3.0 style vs 4.x style layout Double Click for new window (folder and message) Newsgroups (open in Message window or Message Center)?           Addressing Similar to 4.5. Pinpoint Addressing... Look for Addresses in the following: ... When there are multiple addresses found... If there is one match in your personal address books:... When displaying full names... (this will be removed from prefs and added the the "View" menu. "View AB entries by, First Last, Last First, Display Name."           Address Book Client and Netcenter address book sync prefs History AB settings Sep settings for color, font, size?           Return Receipts DSN? MDN Both When receipt arrives... When I receive a message and sender requests a receipt (MDN)... Customize...           Formatting  Message formatting HTML messages to recipients not listed as being able to read them... ALL the options till valid?           Disk Space  Messages locally Compact folders when it will save... When it's time to clean up messages... Keep on unread Remove message bodies only older than...           Messages Default forward style (Attach or Inline) Quote original message/start above or below message. Spell check before sending Wrap incoming plain text messages Wrap outgoing, plain text messages at... Send messages that use 8 bit characters...           Account Settings The decision was made to fold multiple per account settings under preferences, using 3rd level nestedness Main Select account from account pick list set outgoing smpt server   For each account: Account name Identity Compose msg using... Server POP/IMAP Server settings go here Copies and Folders Folder Settings go here           Misc // can we group this under main? Preference for "Get Msg button (wording needs work) "Selecting the "Get Msg" button": -"Gets Messages for the Selected Account Only" - "Get Messages for the currently selected account and all accounts for which you are currently logged onto." For news this works the same except the choices are for selected newsgroup only, or selected newsgroup plus MAIL accounts currently logged onto.           Default Composing Appearance Style Color Font           Privacy Who can contact me ( ) Allow all users to contact me ( ) Allow only users on my ( ) Buddy List to contact me ( ) Allow only the users listed below to contact me ( ) Block the users listed below from contacting me ( ) Block all users from contacting me List of user names [ ] Ask permission before accepting messages from users not in my buddy list [ ] Block all incoming Chat Invitations Allow users to see how long I've been idle Allow users who know my email address to see... My screen name Only that I have an account Nothing about me           Buddy List Buddy List Font Other [ ] Dim buddies after they have been idle for minutes [ ] Display buddies' real names when available           Away Idle Message After my computer has been idle for 10 minutes, auto respond with this message: [ender field here] Auto respond with "away" message Hide IM windows while I'm away Disable sounds while I'm away Away Messages: [List of away messages] |Add| |Edit| |Remove|           Sounds and Alerts Play a sound when... each with a button to pick another sound and to play [ ] buddies sign on [ ] buddies sign off [ ] first instant [ ] message is received [ ] receiving an instant [ ] message [ ] sending an instant [ ] message [ ] receiving a chat [ ] message [ ] sending a chat message Alerts [ ] Flash Buddy List window when buddies sign on or off [ ] Flash Chat window when messages are received [ ] Show announcements when users enter and leave chat room           File Transfer (not For beta) //(can we make this global?) Receiving files ( ) Block all files ( ) Ask before accepting any file ( ) Ask before accepting files from users not on my Buddy List ( ) Accept all files Sharing files Allow [ no users | v ] to get my files:[ this username ] Shared files in folder: [Browse] [ ] Save a log of shared file transfers           Connection AIM Proxy:[pr srvr] Port:[port num] Protocol: [SOCKS 4 | v ] Authentication: Username: [username] Password: [password] [ ] Use proxy to resolve hostnames         Editor Main Start Page (blank, template...) Button Appearance           Default Content Appearance For Docs Default Style style sheet picker Default Colors Colors: [Text | v ] [Background | v ] Links: [Visited | v ] [Unvisited | v ] Default Font for the encoding [abcdefg | v ] use variable width [font | v ] size[ v ] fixed width [font | v ] size[ v ]           Default Document Properties   Author Name etc.           Autosave This feature is scheduled to be implemented primarily for mail           Default Editors //should be under General/applications? HTML Source Images         Extension Area This is where other none-core components/apps can plug in their prefs after the product has been launched.  The guidelines For extending the preferences are that by default all main panels should be visible without scrolling in the left pane in the default preferences window. Extension components should make use of preferences dialog templates (to be provided) to ensure consistent appearance with other prefs panels. Extension panels will therefore just be able to modify the XUL fragment of the dialog that shows the prefs contents but not the command button area. Extension components should identify the origin of the prefs panels though text, icons, images in the branding area of each panel            Security could also be folded under Advanced, TBD  Security Will be worked out Privacy Wallet All this will now be moved under a single access point outside prefs (see User Data Management spec) ? new Seamonkey configurable security policies through a prefs UI         Off-line Main Same as 4.5 Download Same as 4.5           Advanced Main   Technologies on/off Java Pick VM Turn on/off JavaScript  Turn on/off           Applications & Plugins here or in the general panel?           Languages here or in the general panel?           Proxies Same as 4.5           Cache Same as 4.5

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Error Messages and Dialogs

TBD

 

Condition Message User Choices