Allen Watson wrote: >> It's not about the fonts, its about not being able to scan the list quickly. >> The subjects and senders are lined up and alternate, and the visual cues >> aren't strong enough to distinguish between them. They should indent one or >> the other a little so they don't all line up. Or even better, squeeze it >> onto one line, perhaps with a smaller font or fewer icons. > > Yup...send feedback. Personally I like it, and believe me, it went through > scores of testers and feedback before they settled on this format, so you're > likely in the minority.
I don't know, Allen. Besides this list, I've heard a *lot* of complaints about this. And personally, for all the things I like about Entourage 2004, this is one I really dislike. When in "Preview Pane on the Right" view, the current two-line message summary, with From and Date on the first line and Subject on the second (both flush-left) is just bad interface, IMO. In think this view should provide the user with the same options as other views: which fields (From, Subject, Date, Category, etc.) to view (perhaps with a limit of three), and which of those fields should be shown on the first line. The user should also be able to force the message list to display one message per line (instead of two), if desired -- which might involved a trade-off of only showing two fields. And if a second line is shown, it should be indented so as to make it easier to scan messages by whatever the first-line field is. (Yes, I've sent feedback :-) ) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
