[imp] imp 6.1.4

[azurIt]

>
>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


I have to agree with Brent, why not letting users to do what they need/want/like? If it's not a big deal to save a window size, let's do it! :)

azur