Message-Id: <34E11CF7.ACC@che2.che.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 21:37:28 -0600
From: brad hokanson <bhokanson@che2.che.umn.edu>
To: calvin-ui98@dagobah.stwing.upenn.edu
Subject: scenarios
Two scenarios, which include some comments, to be edited later.
Scenario #1
User wishes to create an new archive of all of her mail. All the mail is
in one location, and all of the archive will be in one
location/folder/subdirectory. All of the mail is subjected correctly and
appropriately. This is the first time the user has used this software.
1. The Mailbox Archive Converter is opened. Since this is a new project,
the default conditions come up. No messages need to be discarded; no
messages need their subjects changed.
2. The User clicks on Browse to select the right directory. She
navigates by standard methods. (if no new location is selected, the work
will still be completed in the local root directory).
3. The User next clicks on Mailboxes to pick the one she wants to
include. She guesses this is the right next step. She browses to the
proper location and clicks on Add. She wonders why it is "add" when she
is selecting, but it's a reasonable choice give her experience. She gets
immediate (well, almost) feedback in having her project mailbox added to
the list.
4. Working logically and to the right, she clicks on filters and doesn't
see much need to stop here. It's greyed out as this is the simple,
default version.
5. She can see Filter 1 selected, doesn't want it and tries to remove
it. Gives up, clicks on Archives. <None Selected> is a new feature in a
later version. Her mailbox is properly listed and her HTML destination
folder is also selected and displayed in the two main windows.
6. She clicks on Archives to proceed. She gets baffled.
7. In Generate she visually reviews the material. She clicks test to see
if it really does work. She opens her browser to see the result and
finds them in great shape. She clicks on generate and creates her final
archive. Why did she have to test the archive?
8. She uses her browser to check the archive, and navigates quickly
between the four different indices of mail; thread, subject, author and
date.
Scenario #2
User wants to create a new archive of three different mailboxes. She has
three mailboxes of mail from the current project, located by month of
receipt. She wants them all in one archive. She has done this once
before and it worked well.
1. The Mailbox Archive Converter is opened. Since they haven't been
changed, the default conditions come up. No messages need to be
discarded; no messages need their subjects changed. She clicks on
multiple mailboxes and a single archive destination.
2. The User clicks on Browse to select the right directory. She
navigates by standard methods.
3. The User next clicks on Mailboxes to pick one of the three she wants
she wants to include. She browses to the proper location and clicks on
Add. She gets immediate (feedback in having her project mailbox added to
the list. She clicks and selects the other two. Each process selects one
mailbox.
4. She skips filters as it's greyed out as this is the simple, default
version.
5. She can see Filter 1 selected, doesn't want it and tries to remove
it. Gives up, clicks on Archives. <None Selected> is a new feature in a
later version. Her mailboxes are properly listed and her HTML
destination folder is also selected and displayed in the two main
windows.
6. She clicks on Archives to proceed. She gets baffled, but command line
help says this labels and organizes the material.
7. In Generate she visually reviews the material. She clicks on generate
and creates her final archive.
8. She uses her browser to check the archive, and navigates quickly
between the four different indices of mail; thread, subject, author and
date. All three mailboxes are included and integrated well together.
Scenario #3
User wants to create a new archive of three different mailboxes. She has
three mailboxes of mail from the current project. She wants them in two
archives, one from the first half of her project, and the other from the
second half of her project.. She has done this a couple times before and
it worked really well, combining the mailboxes almost automatically.
1. The Mailbox Archive Converter is opened. Since they haven't been
changed, the default conditions come up. No messages need to be
discarded; no messages need their subjects changed.
2. The User clicks on Browse to select the right directory. She
navigates by standard methods.
3. The User next clicks on Mailboxes to pick one of the three she wants
she wants to include. She browses to the proper location and clicks on
Add. She gets immediate (feedback in having her project mailbox added to
the list. She clicks and selects the other two. Each process selects one
mailbox.
4. She skips filters as it's greyed out as this is the simple, default
version.
5. She can see Filter 1 selected, doesn't want it and tries to remove
it. Gives up, clicks on Archives. <None Selected> is a new feature in a
later version. Her mailboxes are properly listed and her HTML
destination folder is also selected and displayed in the two main
windows.
6. She clicks on Archives to proceed. She gets baffled, but command line
help says this labels and organizes the material.
7. In Generate she visually reviews the material. She clicks on generate
and creates her final archive.
8. She uses her browser to check the archive, and navigates quickly
between the four different indices of mail; thread, subject, author and
date. All three mailboxes are included and integrated well together.