Posted by Chris Uppal-3 on Mar 21, 2005; 11:43am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Filtered-Message-Browser-suggestions-tp3373405p3373492.html

Bill,

> I don't recall seeing your reply on UF's new server.

"UF" ?


> > I've also been pondering making the list into a tree so as to allow
> > nested boolean combinations of filters.  I'm not yet convinced that the
> > resulting UI wouldn't be excessively fiddly, though.
>
> It might be simpler to mix logic operations with the filters.

Could you elaborate on that ?  I'd been thinking of having 'And' and 'Or' nodes
that would have children and so form a tree, but I don't (yet) see a way to mix
logic operations into a non-heirarchical list.


> Regardless of how much power you add and how you present it, there
> probably should be a way to save filters.

I'm afraid that isn't going to happen.  I agree that it would be nice to have a
tool that allowed you to compose and explore complicated (perhaps SQL-like)
conditions, and such a tool should certainly be able to save and restore
queries.  But I think that tool would have to be (mostly) text-based (the only
really effective way of handling complexity, IMO), whereas the FMB is intended
to be much more a light-weight, "fluid", thing (more like the method filters
built into a CHB).


> It is indeed useful, "even" as-is.  Thanks!!!

Thank /you/.

    -- chris