[dev] Resetting sort order in IMP

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>>>> This touches a bit on a very interesting UI discussion regarding  
>>>> the Win 8 task manager, especially regarding designing from the  
>>>> perspective of most used features:
>>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
>>
>> That's an interesting read, and a nice solution for one our common  
>> problems: a diverse user group.
>
> The UI issue, as I see it: there needs to be a way to "reset/clear"  
> the sorting back to sequence sort.  But for practical purposes, MOST  
> users don't want or need this.  For an average user,  
> sequence/arrival sort doesn't make much sense (at a minimum, Date  
> sorting makes more sense).  So we need a way to allow power users to  
> change without confusing regular users with multiple sort options.

FWIW, I guess I've been using date sorting for so long I didn't even  
realize that there was a way to revert it to arrival sort. Personally,  
for the way I use email, I don't see what the benifit would be of  
arrival sort vs date sort. I guess it's a performance thing?


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mike

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