Seth Spitzer wrote:
> pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate",true);
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> "Niko Pavlicek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Bradley the Buyer wrote:
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>>> I'm have trouble decifering the abreviated newsgroup names. WHERE can I
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>>> shut this off?
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>> i know, there was a pref some time ago, but I can't find it anymore :-(
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>> perhaps you can still use the pref but it just hasn't got an ui anymore.
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> in your prefs.js, add this:
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> user_pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate",false);
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> that will make it off by default for all servers.
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> To only disable it for one server, you'll need to do something like
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> user_pref("mail.server.<x>.abbreviate",false);
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> Where <x> is the server key, something like "server2". I'm sure that if you
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> look at your prefs.js, you'll figure it out.
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> -Seth
BINGO!
Seth,
I feel that the newsgroup names should not in ANY way be abbreviated by
default...! This is not what people expect to see the first time out.
(trust me!).
Your fix makes it appear just like N 4.7+ which IS what people expect to
see...! (I feel names abbreviated to fit inside the narrow column was
an engineering choice, not what users want.) A casual glance at the
column should clue you in to the name you're after. Abbreviations make
you decifer the name first. (Not good...!)
Again, thanks for the fix. MUCH more user friendly!
jy
