Mimi Yin wrote:
[...snip...]
2. I think I wouldn't mind reading email in the preview pane if there
was some 1-click way to shift the focus of the screen to the detail
view (thereby shortening the summary table view) and then another
1-click way to refocus on the summary table view. It's the pain of
having to resize the splitter between the 2 panes constantly that's so
annoying. That's why for people with larger screens, the vertical 3
pane layout is often preferred over the horizontal split.
Another reason is that it's more efficient to read a narrow column than
a wide area. This is why newspapers have been organized in narrow
columns since decades. Your eye doesn't have to scan from left to right
then down but only down. Less chance to miss the line, easier to "grock"
the text, allow speed read. When Outlook moved to a 3 columns layout,
all its users (me included) raved about it.
Also, in the case of an e-mail app, this allows to display a longer list
of e-mails in the central area so you indeed don't feel the need to move
any splitter. This is arguably different in the case of a calendar.
Cheers,
- Philippe
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