> From: Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:38:18 -0700
> To: Entourage-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: New views - can't use mouse or keyboard exclusively,
>
> On 6/30/2004 2:31 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I 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
>>> involve 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 :-) )
>>>
>> Personally, I think this is one of the areas where it is very hard, perhaps
>> impossible, to please even a majority of the people. During testing this
>> went through numerous iterations and variations; complaints flew fast and
>> furious, and the existing interface was the best they could come up with in
>> the timeframe they had. Nobody--and I think this includes the
>> developers--thought it was perfect, and a lot of people didn't like it.
>> Strong personal preference in this area is probably one of the major factors
>> in the existence of multiple mail clients.
>
> To a certain extent, I agree. But when it comes to displaying text/data in a
> way that's easy to view/search, I think there are some near-universal "do's
> and don'ts." When you have a list of items or records, it's much easier to
> search the list when each item is on a single line. If records/items are too
> long for a single line, the "sort by" field should be listed first and the
> primary line should be set off somehow from other lines, whether it's by
> spaces/indents or by formatting.
>
> This ease of use is easy to demonstrate. Consider the following examples of
> message lists:
>
> From Time
> Subject
If that were how Entourage 2004 displayed things, I'd agree with you, but
it's not. This is how it looks:
����������������������������
* From Time
Subject of the Message
����������������������������
* From Time
Subject of the Message
����������������������������
The both the icon (*) and the cell borders serve as a visual differentiator
of the top line from the bottom.
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