I believe it was because it was agreed that a message-browser window was for browsing a message and as such, didn't need next/prev buttons. A message doesn't have a next or previous anything. This is what the main window is for - it's a FolderBrowser... so it can have prev/next buttons because well, it's for browsing a folder :-)
besides, I don't get why you need another window for that anyway. If all you want is to not see the message-list, why not just shrink the message-list pane? Does that not make more sense? Easier for the programmers, just as easy for the users, everyone wins. Yay! And next/prev work! Yay! I think this feature comes from the idea of how mutt/pine and other console clients are used... but luckily Evolution isn't a console client and so you don't need that feature. It's just a fundamental difference between the way console clients have to work and the way GUI clients work. Jeff On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 04:44, Ian J Maude wrote: > On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 19:05, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > This functionality was removed on purpose. > I have got to ask why now I guess :-) > I found it perfect for my needs, without it evo is clumsy IMO. Is there > a keyboard shortcut instead? I tried P and N but to no avail. > Ian > > > > Jeff > > > > On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 10:47, Ian J Maude wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Just started updating again and have a little problem. The previous and > > > next buttons seem to be missing when reading mail in a separate window. > > > I do not like/use the preview pane. This means I have to close one mail > > > before I can open another.. most annoying. Is this just me or has > > > something happened that I missed? > > > Ian > > > > > -- > > Ian Maude G0VGS Morecambe Lancs UK | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sysop of GB7MBC, the Morecambe Bay Cluster > Running Linux and DXSpider > > Find out about Summits on the Air! > Visit the SOTA web site at http://www.sota.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
