In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Bucksch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> J.B. Moreno wrote: -snip mulberry doing multi-level quoting- -snip slrn, tin [gnus]- -snip xnews- > >Windows: Noworyta also does this. (And I believe Turnpike does as well) > >Mac: Hogwasher, MacSOUP, MTNW, Outlook Express, Thoth, and YANW all do > >multi-level coloring. > > > >And of course Google Groups does too... > > > I wasn't aware that this is such a poular feature even in the "normal > user" world. It is -- and not just among newsreaders, if I worked at it I could probably name just as many mail programs that do this as well. > How do they implement the prefs? Do they allow the user to set the color > (in the UI) for each level? What is the default? Prefs are usually a dialog box somewhere, and yes, you can set it for each level (supported level that is, some only go two or three levels) Blue is the default for the first level in just about everything, after that it varies. > I would suggest a single checkbox "Color quote levels differently" (or > similar wording). This wouldn't allow the user to choose the colors, but > would have the advantage of being a lean UI. I don't know of anything that lets you turn it on and off, but not choose the colors. OTOH, you don't have to have much of a UI -- I believe Xnews for instance does it via an ini file. -- J.B. Moreno
