[imp] frames patch

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Ryan Gallagher <ryan@studiesabroad.com>:

> I would 3rd it, based purely on the fact that we simply cannot get our
> Outlook-office-drones to accept web-based email without a folder view
> being part of the main workspace.
> 
> We will be using the patch and maintaining diffs if we have to, but we'd
> much rather see it supported along with the releases.

I had two main problems with it. One is that it's a pretty significant
change in the way the UI works, and could make writing a user guide a
significant headache - and very confusing for users. The other is that the
code becomes _really_ ugly, since you're checking a preference all over the
place. And a lot of the behavior was inconsistent and things loaded in funny
places, etc. - problems which will only crop up again and again as
functionality changes, because of the constant if () checks.

If someone submitted a patch to generate the folder tree on the left
_without_ using frames, I might be much more inclined to look at it.

-chuck

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