[imp] Idea for new feature: View Only...

[Eric Gorr]

Quoting Graeme Wood <Graeme.Wood at ed.ac.uk>:
>
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Eric Gorr wrote:
>
>> This is a common feature found in other popular e-mail applications, like
>> Thunderbird - the ability to display only certain kinds of messages in a
>> mailbox.
>>
>> This could be a popup menu containing the same items as the 'Select' 
>> menu (well,
>> there is no need for the 'none' item).
>>
>> So, for example, when viewing your inbox, you could select View: 
>> unseen and only
>> the unseen messages would be displayed.
>>
>> This could be largely thought of as a more generic implementation of the
>> Show/Hide Deleted messages feature.
>>
>> Anyone else like this idea? Is it already on the 'to do' list?
>
> Can't you do this with the search function?  It allows you to select on
> the Flags: new/old, (not) answered, (not) deleted and (not) important
> messages.

Apparently, yes, but the argument in favor of implementing a more generic form
of the show/hide deleted messages would likely be the same as keeping the
show/hide deleted messages feature.

The search functionality, as implemented is quite cumbersome for a user who
would be switching between views often for their various folders. While 
one can
create virtual folders, it seems wrong to expect a user to create a virtual
folder for each view for each folder they would commonly be switching between.