[imp] Dynamic View Questions

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at horde.org
Tue Jun 7 03:41:45 UTC 2011


Quoting Simon Wilson <simon at simonandkate.net>:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Simon Wilson <simon at simonandkate.net>:
>>
>>> 2. In Traditional you can "Clear Sort" to return to Pref-specified  
>>> default sorting, is that available in Dynamic?
>>
>> Right-click on the sort bar.  Suggestions for where else to put it  
>> are welcome (but NOT in Other Actions.  It doesn't fit in there).
>>
>
> OK, found it - it's not very intuitive to find. Hmmm... Consistency  
> with Traditional would see it in that header bar, but that would  
> necessitate sacrificing a whole row of real estate for one small  
> item. What about on the Command Buttons row next to Other Actions  
> but dynamically - only show if a sort is applied, like Traditional?

No, that is not going to work.  It is going to be very rare for  
someone to clear the sort (I go years in mailboxes without changing  
the sort order) - this is not a good use of UI space.

>>> 3. You can't mark a message as "Answered"?
>>
>> You are not supposed to be allowed to mark a message as Answered  
>> manually.  This flag is defined by the IMAP spec for a very  
>> specific purpose - it must only be sent when a message has been  
>> successfully replied to.  You can always define a tag if you want  
>> something that you can manually control.
>>
>> michael
>>
>
> Only reason I mention this one is because you can do it in Traditional.

Wow.  That is a terrible bug.  I have no idea when that occurred.  I  
will fix that immediately.

michael

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