[dev] [cvs] commit: imp folders.php imp/lib/Block summary.php

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> jan         2007-01-08 08:44:40 PST
>>>>
>>>> Modified files:
>>>>  .                    folders.php
>>>>  lib/Block            summary.php
>>>> Log:
>>>> Reset RECENT flags in folder views too.
>>>>
>>>> Revision  Changes    Path
>>>> 2.399     +10 -1     imp/folders.php
>>>> 1.84      +10 -1     imp/lib/Block/summary.php
>>>
>>> I don't think I agree with these, and it is why I purposely did  
>>> not add the reset code to these files.
>>>
>>> I think that the new mail notification for a folder should only be  
>>> refreshed when a user enters that folder and has an opportunity to  
>>> read those messages.  If, for example, you are on the folder  
>>> screen, you may have 5 folders with new mail.  You click on one of  
>>> those folders, read the messages you want to, and go back to the  
>>> folders screen.  With these changes, however, that notification no  
>>> longer occurs.  Now there is no way to tell what other 4 folders  
>>> contain "new" mail (as opposed to messages flagged unseen).
>>
>> This is true, but it's also how any desktop client works. I find it  
>> extremely annoying to hear my laptop jingling for hours while I'm  
>> in the next room, until I go there to open the folder with new  
>> mails, only to jingle again as soon as another mail arrives.
>> I think people expect - and so do I - to be notified about new  
>> messages as they arrive.
>
> It sounds like we have two different expectations of usage here.   
> You don't want new messages to continually pile up - instead, you  
> want an instant snapshot of what has changes since the last server  
> request.  I, on the other hand, find the accumulation of new  
> messages to be a great feature - I *want* to be able to leave the  
> folders screen open so that when I come back to my computer an hour  
> and a half from now, I can see exactly how many messages I have  
> never seen before are waiting for me.  I don't find it useful in  
> this instance to know how many messages have arrived in the past X  
> minutes - I want to know how many messages have arrived in my  
> mailboxes that I have never seen.
>
> Since I think both expectations are valid, this seems to me to be  
> screaming "preference".

Fine for me.

Jan.

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