Hi all,
I have looked at our current PM system and it is clear that there is a lot of room for improvement. In similar thread several suggestions came up, and Rick said that he was thinking of creating some sort of threaded view of the messages. I don't know how feasible this is but I can give it a try if anyone is interested. Along with this I have additional ideas:
1. Create a combined view of threaded messages, with replies coming underneath and indented the original message.
2. Create a set of "folders" that messages can be grouped and put into. Additionally we can enhance this so that particular messages go to particular folders as a rule that the user sets up, and then those folders appear in bold with the number of unread messages in them - something similar to a mail client
3. Add a preview screen (set to on/off by the user) which will allow you to click on a new message and it will appear on screen.
4. Allow the user to ignore emails from certain users (something like a trashcan or junk mail) which will allow them to receive messages but only from people that they have not in their black list. Now you can switch on/off private messages for all users.
5. Ability to search through all of your PM's or specific folders.
6. Admins should not be affected by the users chosen not to accept any PM's
Any more suggestions? I am working on a design for this modification which hopefully won't have any weird alterations on the existing tables.
Please comment with what you think about this. As soon as I finish the design I will post it here so that I can start working on its implementation.
Nikos
Last edited by dimopoulos; 02/03/2003 1:35 PM.
