Keep in mind that (most) Mac users don't have a right mouse button. They can simulate a right-click with a keyboard and click combination but this would not be optimal for them. Also, IMHO, a context menu would not be what web users would expect.

-- Bradley Holt

On 2/8/06, Thomas Bruederli roundcube@gmail.com wrote:

Florian Sperber wrote:

...

Hello List,

i think the behaviour of the list of mails is a bit confusing, a single click on a sender should not immediately compose a message. At least it's not what i would expect being used to thunderbird. Maybe outlook users experience that differently?

Wouldn't it be better to introduce a contextmenu on a right click?

This is just a suggestion, maybe even one which could make it on the roadmap? ;-)

A context menu is what I had in mind all the time but I forgot to put it on the road map. This would solve all our UI problems when adding a new function.

...

Kind regards

Florian Sperber

Regards, Thomas

Does anyone know if javascript can be used to modify the existing context menu (by adding a submenu, or new items for instance)? If it can not do that, then I would prefer not to have javascript context menus. I would however *love* to see a browser add-on that adds rc functionality. del.icio.us and googletoolbar both have these, and it adds great functionality without removing the usefulness of the existing context menu.

-Charles

Bradley Holt wrote:

Keep in mind that (most) Mac users don't have a right mouse button. They can simulate a right-click with a keyboard and click combination but this would not be optimal for them. Also, IMHO, a context menu would not be what web users would expect.

-- Bradley Holt

On 2/8/06, *Thomas Bruederli* <roundcube@gmail.com mailto:roundcube@gmail.com> wrote:

Florian Sperber wrote:
 > Hello List,
 >
 > i think the behaviour of the list of mails is a bit confusing, a
single
 > click on a sender should not immediately compose a message. At least
 > it's not what i would expect being used to thunderbird. Maybe outlook
 > users experience that differently?
 >
 > Wouldn't it be better to introduce a contextmenu on a right click?
 >
 > This is just a suggestion, maybe even one which could make it on the
 > roadmap? ;-)

A context menu is what I had in mind all the time but I forgot to put it
on the road map. This would solve all our UI problems when adding a new
function.
 >
 > Kind regards
 >
 > Florian Sperber
 >
Regards,
Thomas

Dean Earley wrote:

As far as I can tell, JS shows a div (I think). Admittedly, I've only seen it in Outlook Web Access (and it does handle the context menu button...)

Looking at how Outlook Web Access does it, they replace the context menu in some situations (clicking on a message or a folder) and leave it alone in others (the body of a message). In no cases is it merged with the context menu, and I believe the only way to do that is with a browser extension. I personally think that browser extensions would be the best solution, but obviously that would be an entirely new codebase. If we do use javascript context menus, I think it would be important to only use them where necessary (similar to the way Outlook webmail works). I also think that all context menu's should have a disable option similar to this example: http://www.milonic.com/menusample27.php

-Charles