Fwd: Re: [dev] Message numbering in Descending order

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Federico Giannici <giannici@neomedia.it>
> -----
>     Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 14:56:11 +0000
>     Wrom: FVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJBLVLMHAALP
> Reply-To: Federico Giannici <giannici@neomedia.it>
>  Subject: Re: [dev] Message numbering in Descending order
>       To: Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>
> 
> Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> > 
> > Quoting Federico Giannici <giannici@neomedia.it>:
> > 
> > > I have found an annoying inconsistency: if the mailbox order is
> > > "Descending" then the order of the message numbers is descending but
> the
> > > numbers used in the mailbox window title ("X/Y of Z messages") are in
> > > the contrary order.
> > > So the numbers reported in the mailbox window title don't correspond
> to
> > > the actually displayed message numbers.
> > >
> > > I think that this behaviour can really confuse the users and should
> be
> > > canged before the final release.
> > 
> > No, you are misunderstanding what that column is. It's just the order
> that
> > messages have arrived in. Changing the other numbers you refer to makes
> > _no_ sense.
> 
> The problem is that what you call the "arriving order numbers" are the
> ONLY numbers visible to the users. So those will be used by the users as
> the "message numbers".
> And the message numbers used in the windows titles are different ones,
> and are NOT VISIBLE in any other place.
> 
> I'm convinced that this issue will confuse many users...

It didn't confuse anyone so far though this column is in IMP for two month now.

Jan.

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