On 14/03/2008, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>  > The seek extension should see many new users this week, thanks to
>  > Lifehacker. With only two minutes of usage, I have two concerns:
>  > 1) I cannot delete messages. I try with the delete key, I try with the
>  > delete toolbar button, and I try with the context menu. In every case,
>  > I get this message: "Not implemented yet".
>  > 2) It would be nice if the seek pane were shorter, so that the folder
>  > tree pane could take advantage of the full height of screen.
>  >
>  > I'll report more as I discover them. Thanks.
>  >
>
> Hi Dotan,
>
>  Thanks for your feedback! I've uploaded version 1.0.1 which does
>  implement "delete". See if it works after you update.

Tbird says:
"An error occured while trying to find updates for Seek"

>  I'm thinking of making Seek work over several folders--perhaps across
>  accounts. If I can get that working, then the folder tree will actually
>  be superfluous or it'll be replaced by something else entirely.

Having Seek work across folders should be optional. I really like that
it only works on the current folder. As there really, really needs to
be a toolbar button for enabling Seek, I would recommend a toolbar
button with a dropdown menu: Current Folder || All Folders.

However, Seek cannot replace the Folder Tree, in fact your goal of
having Seek work across folders is counter to the idea of removing the
Folder Tree. Someone who would prefer to organize mail with Seek
instead of utilizing a hierarchal structure (folder tree) could simply
leave all the mail in Inbox. Then Seek does not need to work across
folders. So this option is available in Seek right now. No need to
work for it. However, in workflows such as mine, the Folder Tree is
essential. Maybe in time I will decide to eliminate it, but let the
user make that decision.

Another issue:
Seek should automatically index a folder upon being opened. I am a
heavy keyboard user. So I CTRL-K Seek open, but then I need to grab
the mouse to have Seek index the folder. Large (2000+ messages)
folders are scanned in about 10 seconds on my hardware (2 gHz dual
core processor, 2 GB RAM), so a database that remembers the index is
essential. You could rescan upon reentering a folder as per user
preference:
A) Full rescan each time (like now)
B) Rescan only emails newer than X days
C) If technically feasible, diff each message and update per changes
(for instances in which a mail older than X days old was moved to a
folder)
D) Manual rescan now (in context menu of the Folder Tree)

I see a lot of potential in Seek, and I would be more than happy to
express my ideas and to bug test. I have thousands of email messages
going back seven years, I receive tens of messages a day. I am quite a
power user, and I can be a heavy test bed for your (and my own) needs.

Side note: I understand that those involved with Seek are MIT
students. I study at the Technion, Haifa, which considers itself to be
an MIT peer university. I don't know if the feeling is mutual
(stuckups!) but in any case, well, I though that you would like to
know.

Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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