Matthew Thomas wrote:
>>Ben Bucksch wrote
>>
>>>But why? My window title bar shows:
>>>"Re: Quick Search Feature - INBOX for [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
>>>Mozilla" right now. Why is that insufficient to a point that you
>>>wouldn't use the program???
>>>
>It's a bug. A window's title bar (on Mac OS, at least) should either
>show the name of the current document, or (if there is no document) the
>name of the application. Not both.
>
I have no idea, how or why you come to that belief, but I completely
disagree. The application name *must* be in all main windows' titles.
The Windows Explorer showing only "mozilla" (when I am in
f:\build\mozilla\") is, um, misleading at best. How, otherwise, am I
supposed to know (quickly), which application I am using?
And no, the icon doesn't count. It is too small to be useful
(especially, if you are on a high-res screen) and often also not clear
enough (a user knows what Microsoft Word is, but can't necessarily tell
which icon belongs to it).
>And certainly not the name of the
>folder (whether it be a filesystem folder or a mail folder) which the
>document happens to be sitting in.
>
I have the message pane disabled. The folder *is* the "document" shown.
(Currenlty, there is a bug which shows the subject of the selected
message, even if the message pane is disabled.)
Even if the message pane is displayed, I believe that the folder name
should be shown, even moreso than the subject of the message. People
usually open Mailnes to read new mail, not to read a message of a
certain subject. If they do the latter, they usually have it sorted and
stored in any folder with a (for them) meaningful name.
Not to say that the subject of messages is way too long to be shown in
the titlebar or taskbar.
