IdeaJam(tm) : Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Notes Client / Mail: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:42 +0000

Author: Karen Hooper
Tags: attachment attachments
Idea:

When you open an email, whether received internally or externally it would be great if all the attachment/s were positioned in a pane at the top of the email (I believe Outlook does this and DWA does it but puts at the bottom which I'm ok with). I am sick of scrolling to the bottom of long emails to find the attachments and sick of end users complaining to me about it.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:24:09 +0000

Author: Michael Kinder
Comment: I too am with the "show them in both places" crowd. I think it should be configurable for top or bottom (some users might like it at the bottom). Though just at the top is fine - but in line attachments are great too!

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:13:31 +0000

Author: Bastian Wieczorek
Comment: I promote this idea... BUT I would have a "show them in both places" option...

reason... sometimes I send tables via Lotus Notes. And add a description in one column and the file in another column. If these attachments would be moved into another section from my mail I would lost this option.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:35 +0000

Author: Morten Clausen
Comment: I'm all for having a list of attachments somewhere nice and visible but not at the cost of removing them from the flow of the document. This would destroy one of the strengths of Notes, the integrated document where comments can be made right next to the thing I want to comment. I like Kevins idea, especially if it's available to any application.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:44:35 +0000

Author: Roberto Boccadoro
Comment: I am with Bill. In line attachments are much more useful.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:56:35 +0000

Author: Grant Lindsay
Comment: What Andre said.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:11:04 +0000

Author: Robert Baehr
Comment: This can be done now w/ Notes -> { Link }

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:35:28 +0000

Author: Bruce Elgort
Comment: Yes!!!!! This is one thing that Outlook has and is very nice. Users don't have to hunt down attachments.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:50:55 +0000

Author: Bill Malchisky
Comment: Attachments in-line are much better than in a header. I typically will add a table, put in the attachments, text so that everything flows properly, for the end user. This translates well both for NRPC and HTML mail.

For more complex mail, I will make a tabbed table with sub-tables and attachments inside each, with collapsed sections for the parent topic. Thus, a lot of data can be presented in an organized manner and have it easily readable, showing the viewer what they want to see when they need it. This would be quite challenging and inefficient when pulling attachments out of the message body.

Having stated this, attachments that just collect at the bottom of e-mails like rocks inside of a held pillow-case become worthless and annoying quite quickly.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:15:58 +0000

Author: Kevin Pettitt
Comment: HUGE! This is a real winner. I'm with the "show them in both places" crowd. The mechanism for this might be something analogous to an embedded element, such that it could be placed anywhere on a form, and might even be configurable to show *all* doc attachments or just the unaffiliated ones as Ben describes. It should probably respect CSS for both browser and client (to the extent meeting that requirement is planned in a broad sense). Any attachment operations performed either inline or in this module would be reflected in the other.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:24:30 +0000

Author: Ben Langhinrichs
Comment: If I could alter the suggestion slightly, I would request that the unaffiliated attachments (those not in a rich text field) could be put in a designated spot as part of the design. This would allow a mail template where they showed up as they do in Outlook. Since those attachments are already singled out to be put somewhere, it would be nice to say where.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:11:42 +0000

Author: Fred Janssen
Comment: I like attachments as they are: in-line with text. Specially with multiple attachment in a message it�s easier to document them.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:14:29 +0000

Author: John Head
Comment: I do not want the attachments in their own pane ... I want them as part of the header pane. Make it configurable so I can use that in my own forms as well.

The big issue is that when I get email from a Notes user, they probably have attachments in place ... I do it all the time. So it needs to be smart enough to show them there as well. So this should be configurable.

But I vote yes because attachment handling needs work ... period.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:45:08 +0000

Author: Andre Guirard
Comment: It seems to me it would be nice to have them available both at the top and within the text.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:47:22 +0000

Author: Harkpabst Meliantrop
Comment: I'm with Ben in the first place. Alternatively, I would support the "show in both places" approach. But as long as the idea doesn't reflect either one, I'm going to demote, for sure.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:18:01 +0000

Author: Jens Polster
Comment: I am with Andre, too (both places). I sometimes like to add some text explanation to the attachments and this would be lost if they would be displayed in a separate location only.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:11:25 +0000

Author: John Lindsay
Comment: Definitely. My users regularly complain about this as well.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:03:46 +0000

Author: Matt V
Comment: Definitely in the header ... I do like the ability to save all. Would also like ability to drag and drop multiple attachments from a message.

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:07:45 +0000

Author: Kurt Tomicich
Comment: Another vote for "Both Places"

re: Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:25:37 +0000

Author: Dennis Sullivan
Comment: Right below the subject as an option would be great