Matthew Thomas wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>
>> When the user clicks get mail, do other people think it should open a
>> window similar to a download window? After all, it is downloading.
>
> Well, we don't open a progress window when updating the browser window
> (loading a Web page). So I don't think it would really make sense to
> open a progress window when updating the three-pane window (loading messages).
We do open a progress window, if a binary file is downloaded. Since mail
can contain large attachments, we must IMO provide a similar progress,
at least, if there are large mails (can't you check this beforehand with
POP and IMAP?).
> With current new window performance
> <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49141>, the opening and
> closing of the window would at least double the time it takes me to
> check for new mail if I have no messages.
You don't have to open a window, if there are no messaged to download.
> See `[RFE] User notification of "no new mail"'
> <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51181>, which suggests
> showing a dialog if there are no new messages.
No, please not.
