I lied..it was not plain text mode..but anyway, it's harmless.
bhuvan
bhuvan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> AccountCentral page, a single place from where user can perform
> various account related activities, is landed today as fix to bug 63251.
>
> * Bug 63251 - http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63251 - Need
> to display something in Thread pane when Account is selected
>
> Today (prior to the fix), in the messenger application, when the user
> selects account folder in the folder pane, threadpane and messagepane
> on the righthand side are just cleared. We just don't do anything. So,
> this place is now loaded with a page that has links to several
> activities like read, search and compose messages. Those links bring
> up the Wizards and Windows which perform those actions directly to the
> user. That page is the AccountCentral page. Say if the user selects a
> mail account named 'foo' in the folderpane (left window), in place of
> emptied thread and message panes, AccountCentral page with links to
> Read, Search, Compose and other actions that are relevant to this
> account are shown. When user clicks on Read, the Inbox of the account
> 'foo' is opened and user can read mail from there. Similarly, if the
> Search link is clicked, Search window with folder 'foo' preselected
> for searching is opened. So, all the actions are account sensitive (or
> in the context of the account 'foo'). You can see the (action) items
> in the page getting expanded and collapsed based on whether you are on
> mail or news account. Whenever user clicks on any of the message
> folders, the thread pane message panes (with splitter) will come back
> into the picture displaying the messages list and message body as
> chosen by the user.
>
> The hope is that this page is going to provide great user experience
> with messenger application. It will be much easier now, for many
> users, to look at the properties of account or to create an account
> and to do several other things without having to find the
> corresponding action item from menus. Please visit the bug (60668) and
> have a look at the couple of screenshots posted to get picture of this
> page.
>
> There are plans to expand this feature further and polish this page
> with appropriate styles. A new bug 66376
> (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66376) is opened improve
> this further. Please add yourself to the cc list and start
> contributing with ideas and feedback, if you are interested in this one.
>
> Your questions and comments are welcome.
>
> thanks
> bhuvan
>
