Niko Pavlicek wrote:
> Peter Lairo wrote:
>
>> The "Trash" and "Compacting" need to be completely *separated* functions.
>>
>> The normal user will not likely associate the two (I'm experienced and
>> I don't). If a user *marks* mails for deletion, he will *not* expect
>> them to be in the trash. And when he empties the trash, he DEFINETELY
>> will not expect the MARKED message to vanish from his INBOX.
>
>
>
> I think, *you* misunderstood something - when the user says to mozilla
> "Delete this message", he can still see the message in the recycle bin,
> but is not being seen in the inbox (or any other folder, from which he
> deleted the message), but the text of the message still "physically" is
> in the inbox.
NO, the user still *sees* the message in the *inbox*!!! It has a little
red "x" on the icon. And since the user is physically LOOKING AT and
WORKING IN the INBOX (and *sees* his marked as deleted messages!!!), he
will be very surprized when he selects to emty the TRASH and suddenly
messages in his INBOX disapear!!!
I couldn't possibly be more clear than this!!!
> Then, when he says "Empty Trash", Mozilla will delete it from the inbox
> file and from the trash.
Oh, that really makes a lot of sense: empty the trash and stuff in the
trash AND inbox get deleted- just great.
> And: delete not-shown messages from the inbox
> file is nothing else as compact the folder.
But the messages ARE shown!!! And, again, emtying the trash should NEVER
EVER EVER be the same as compacting a folder!!!
>
>
>> Why should emtying the Trash folder clear out ones inbox? That doesn't
>> make sense from a users standpoint at all.
>
>
>
> A user doesn't know, that the message isn't yet deleted from the inbox
> file, but only "marked" as deleted, he is the meaning, the message only
> rests in the Trash folder. But when he empties the Trash, his oppinion
> is, that he doesn't need the message anymore and so, there is no point
> to still hold the message in the inbox file.
>
You couldn't be more wrong. For some reason you don't understand that
"marked-as-deleted" messages ARE visible in the INBOX!!!
>
>
> Regards,
> Niko!
>
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Regards,
Peter Lairo
