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Originally Posted by jimbo I love Zimbra, it's changed the way I manage emails forever.
However there are some nagging issues with missing features that need to be addressed. I think before tackling some of these high profile bells and whistles some missing/incomplete featrures need to be addressed. Simple things like:
- Better navigation of the contact list. Having an alphabetic shortcut button list would go a long way in improving navigation through contacts. I realize that you can just type the first letter in the search bar but to many this is not all that intuitive or familiar.
- The ability to have email lists... this is crucial. Creating a contact and packing 20 to 50 email addresses into a field designed to accept one is frustrating and I have yet to see this method send a message to more than the first address in the list. I think this is a show-stopper for many folks. Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution all support this simple feature. I'm just say'n 
- Persistent selection of calendars... it is maddening to have to go into my calendar page every time I log in to put a check mark on all my calendars in order for them to be visible and display all appointments on mouse-overs etc.
- More functional calendar reminders. Currently reminders only display within the Zimbra window. This is not very useful as you'd need to be looking at Zimbra all day in order to catch alerts. Also the ability set the notification time by event rather than globaly for all events. |
I totally agree with jimbo on these points! Other requests include:
- Allow the user to select more than one attachment at a time. It is tedious to have to keep clicking add attachment, select one item, ok, click add attachment.......Using Ctrl or Shift click to grab mulitple files at once is necessary.
- Have the reading pane turned off by default in message view. We have users that prefer the message view, but without the reading pane. Every time they login to Zimbra they have to turn off the reading pane.
- If you set the start time for an appointment to PM default the end time to PM also. I know this is small but it would be nice.
- Appointment repeat should allow you to choose days such as every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Right now you have to create a separate appointment on each of those days. A bit inflexible and I'm supprised this wasn't included already!
- When you click TO: so you can choose your mail recipents, have the global address list or local contacts show up instantly and be alphabetized. This is the worst one to me, having to search for every address manually.
We are currently implementing a trial run of Zimbra. If it is sucessful, we will switch to Zimbra. These are exacly what the users have complained about. And they need to be fixed ASAP!