[imp] imp 6.1.4

[Brent]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>>
>>> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Brent,
>>>>>
>>>>>> So, when you compose a new message in imp 6.1.4, it now  
>>>>>> defaults to opening the compose window full height...1200  
>>>>>> pixels on the desktop in my case.  I can't see a way to change  
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> to clarify the matter of the 1200 pixels: Do you think any
>>>>> window height larger than f.e. 1000 pixels is just too much text area?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or do you want to say the window is 1200 pixels
>>>>> and sits directly next to the taskbar / overlaps the taskbar?
>>>>>
>>>>> In my workflow I usually run Firefox with the max possible window size.
>>>>> Therefore new messages also use the max possible window size.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you normally access imp? Full window size?
>>>>
>>>> This shouldn't matter though (i.e. full window size).  The sizing  
>>>> of the compose window is completely independent from the size of  
>>>> any browser window.
>>>>
>>>> The compose window is sized in relation to the size of the  
>>>> *screen*.  It will be sized at the screen height minus any UI  
>>>> Chrome (i.e. Windows taskbar) minus 50 pixels.
>>>>
>>>> The problem I believe Thomas is reporting is that he has a  
>>>> browser that is not correctly removing the size of the UI chrome.  
>>>>  That's what I am asking about in terms of working around these  
>>>> broken browsers (I can't reproduce this on any browser in either  
>>>> Windows 7 or WinXP).
>>>>
>>>> michael
>>>
>>> I have an 1920x1200 screen.  I never run any app full screen as that
>>> just wastes space.  I typically run my browser around 1024x800-ish.
>>> The initial compose window opens the size I expect (828x683), but
>>> then tries to fill the screen from top to bottom (I run the start bar
>>> at the side, so it doesn't quite make it to the bottom) and is now a
>>> compose window of 828x1150.
>>>
>>> It is probably all by design, but I'm not a fan of the design.
>>
>> This is correct behavior.  If you don't like the design decision,  
>> you can always hack the source.
>
> After all, the previous decision made less sense (it was just an  
> arbitrary size value).  Especially if you had a bunch of addresses,  
> you had very little space to compose without scrolling.  The new  
> behavior is a much more reasonable default as you can see more of  
> your message body at once.
>
> michael

If using Outlook (I know...I know), and you reply to a message, it  
opens in a size that was last used to compose a message.  One could, I  
suppose, use a cookie to store the window size used in the Compose  
window and always use that value.  I don't think that selecting max  
height minus 50 pixels is a good solution, it should be more flexible.

brent