[imp] IMP (Dynamic) - Date in preview window does not show the time

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Luis Felipe Marzagao/Andamentos <lfbm.andamentos at gmail.com>:
>
>> Em 19/07/11 13:06, Michael M Slusarz escreveu:
>>> Quoting Luis Felipe Marzagao/Andamentos <lfbm.andamentos at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Is it intended for imp to not display the time of the message in
>>>> preview window when the msg isn't from the same day?
>>>>
>>>> I can't see why it would hurt to show the message's time in preview
>>>> window, since there is a lot of space in there
>>>
>>> It is wasted information.  It has nothing to do with amount of  
>>> space available.  It isn't good UI to simply "fill up" the space  
>>> will available data.  (It is the same reason we no longer display  
>>> e-mail addresses for recipients that have name information).   
>>> Especially when the date is also available in the message list.
>>>
>>> I would agree that time of the message may be important for  
>>> messages within the last few days or so.  But for messages sent  
>>> weeks, months, or years ago, it is completely useless information.
>>>
>> Sure, I also agree. In fact, I had never thought about that until  
>> asked by this user. Maybe the time of the message is important for  
>> his kind of businnes. I don't know. I just gave him reason because  
>> I thought the time is not just any header, but an important one...  
>> Anyway, is it acceptable to have an option and let the user decide  
>> whether or not to display the message's time? If that's the case, I  
>> could open a ticket and try and make some effort to provide a patch.
>
> I don't think a preference makes sense. Let's just show the time for  
> the last few (3?) days.

Thinking about this... the time might be important going back even  
more than 3 days.  Doesn't really hurt anything (other than having  
duplicate information on the screen) to display the full string.  This  
has been changed for IMP 5.0.15.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]