TOO LARGE TO BE READ, FORGET IT
Kenneth Pardue wrote: > I'm really loving the way that Mozilla/Netscape is heading. The > browser is very impressive, and I can't wait to see the progress that's > been made in Mozilla reflect in Netscape 6.x. I've been looking at the > new (that is, finally fixed) features in Mozilla, and I have a few brief > (mainly cosmetic) comments: > > Regarding the mail notification... IT'S ABOUT TIME! One of the concepts > I love is to have Moz humming away in the background, having all of my > connections still running, checking my mail etc. on my nice cable modem > and being able to tell at a glance at the screen in passing whether or > not I have new mail! I'm so happy! But, the graphic for it has just a > tad of a whang to it, if they make a kick-ass appealing graphic that > would be great! > > Also when it gives the pop up menu saying "so-in-so has new messages," > it seems to be tied to the account name. Wouldn't it be more prudent to > make this the display name for the account, or even better, let the user > choose his or her name? > > Regarding the (again IT'S ABOUT TIME) icon for watched messages in > newsgroup threads, I'm very glad it's there, but 1) being so mixed with > the 'thread' icon, it's kind of vague to pick out a watched thread from > a non-watched thread when you're scrolling down. I find that I still > have a tendency to label a message a certain color when I'm looking for > it for ease. Also, when I post I'd like to mark the thread to be > watched even though no replies have been made to it yet. I have no idea > if it marks the message as watched or not; there is no watched icon for > a message unless there have been replies! > > And finally the little mail notification icon that is within the browser > itself (the little green arrow on the envelope on the Modern theme), > doesn't seem yet to be uniform throughout the browser. For instance, if > I receive a message, the little green arrow goes up. If I open another > browser window (instead of going to mail/news to read it) there is no > little green icon! I'd like to see it in all windows until I read my > mail. Hehe, this old mind forgets these things! > > Maybe I'm missing something, but there still appears to be no function > for Mozilla to delete messages off of a server after xx amount of days. > I'd like for it to stay on there so I can read it from more than one > location, but not long enough for it to clog up my ISP's stingy limit. > > What else can I say? I know most people use these newsgroups to simply > whine and complain that things aren't like they want them or feature > number 1024768 isn't working correctly... and I feel awful because this > is all and exactly what I've done. But one thing I do feel is that the > users play a very important role in the development of Mozilla/Netscape, > a feeling that I rarely get with products. I hope my suggestions and > 'experience' as an end user don't upset anyone, I don't mean to start a > flame war. Thanks so much for working on such an awesome browser. The > features really do outweight IE/OE, can't wait until 1.0!!! > > Best regards, > Kenneth >
