[dev] Resetting sort order in IMP

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> 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?

Yes, the only place I actually use it is in the Trash folder. It has  
the added benefit that you have the messages ordered by deletion date  
then.

Jan.

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