On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 16:54 -0700, dune17856 wrote: > Desperately seeking support. The issue I am having can best be > described by this open bug/feature issue: > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5623 > > I'm dismayed to see this issue that was entered by an android user > almost 18 months ago has not been assigned. It really needs to be > fixed not just left in the "New" state.. > > The issue is with the embedded email client. It needs a a couple of > enhancements so as not to be laughable in the business world. I began > using this app on my new phone and am astonished to see that i need to > delete each and every one of my email (from 3 pop3 accounts) one at a > time. I then need to go to the trash folder for each account and > delete the emails again, one at a time. > > Is it to much to ask for a "Select all" selection. Someone had the > good sense to put in a "deselect all" selection in the menu but had > the sadistic nature to leave the "select all" out. I can check of a > few at a time and scroll to the next screen and do the same umpteen > amount of times but it is also too annoying that when i hit the check > select for an email and it decides to open the email instead I can > only return to the beginning of the list and scroll away to find where > i left off. Easier to just hit the delete button 500 times (no > exaggeration today) and then switch to the trash folder and hit the > delete button another 500 times. > > Draconiain is heaping too much praise on this situation.. > > HEEEEEELLLLLLP! Spent 30 minutes today cleaning out one inbox!. > ---- #1 - using POP on e-mail is just plain stupid. It's so 1990's. Get a Gmail account and get on with your life.
#2 - select all functions on a phone is rather pointless since you can't really intend to select more than your screen can display so at best you could delete 4 or 5 #3 - this is at best a feature of nominal significance since the only people who would want to actually do this are people who don't have another means to manage this e-mail (i.e., a computer). #4 - screen real estate on a smartphone is at a real premium and to surrender any of it for check boxes in a multi-select UI doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Perhaps a tablet version where the screen real estate isn't in such short supply. What I am suggesting is that the e-mail application isn't actually the problem but your reliance upon to be a primary methodology of retrieving e-mails via antiquated protocols and methods is. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
