On Thursday 27 of October 2011 11:09:33 Nick Jenkins wrote: > > But I'd like to hear from all of you what do you think about the > > proposed > > look, what would you change or keep, or remove... I have printed the > > email in various mail clients so that you can compare it and find some > > inspiration :) > The new WebKit one looks great! > > Only things that I though looked better in the others, and if borrowed > by the WebKit one would improve it, were: > * in the Kmail example, the box around the header: the light brown CSS > box with a black border is nice, because it emphasises and distinguishes > this crucial who/what/when information. It's also nice to have the > subject (the "what") as the very first thing, in bold, with a line > underneath it.
I'm OK with black border and bold headers, but the background, I don't know. I think it's just waste of ink. > * The footers from Thunderbird are good, with the "1 of 2" page > numbering on the left, and the date of printing on the right. I always > want page numbers & page range so that I can make sure I've got all the > bits of paper, and got them in order. Date of printing is occasionally > handy, but not essential (and if omitted then the page number & range > should probably be in the centre of the page). Personally, I don't > particularly want the subject in the header of all pages though. +1 > * From the Thunderbird one, it's could be good to include the > attachments at the end, rather than the start - since they can be > unimportant - although it very much depends on the context. /me unsure > * Like the Gmail one, nice to show the number of attachments, such as > "Attachments: 3", instead of just "Attachments". +1 Thanks for your opinion. - Dan > > All these things are personal preference of course. > > > You've just invited upon > > yourself a bikeshed discussion since everyone and their dog will > > have an opinion to offer. > > Red with black highlights around the door frames! ;-) > > Seriously though, the feedback I've seen is constructive and genuine and > given in good faith, and most of it seems compatible. It's not debate > for the sake of debate. > > -- All the best, > Nick. > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
