Seth Spitzer wrote: > I've got two active mail accounts and I've been thinking a lot about > virtual folders, specifically a virtual Inbox. It would be great if all > my incoming mail was viewable from one folder. (There are existing > bugzilla bugs for a virtual folders.)
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11051 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58380 > > That got me thinking about a purely virtual view of mail and news. Cool! > > Instead of: > > server 1 > folders > server 2 > folders > ... > server n > folders > > It would be: > > Incoming Mail (virtual Inbox) [defaults to everything?] > Today > Yesterday > Last Week > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Incoming News (virtual news) [defaults to only unread news items] > recently read > recently posts > just n.p.m.mail-news > just n.p.m.xpcom > Sent Mail (virtual Sent) [defaults to today?] > Today > Yesterday > Last Week > from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Recently Deleted Mail (virtual Trash) > Recent In Progress mail (virtual Drafts) > Recently Unsent Mail (virtual Unsent Messages) > Recently Filed Mail (virtual everything else) > Last Week > Folders recently accessed > Everything > [under here, the current folder structure] > > Basically, merge the idea of browser history (by date, by domain) with > mail. > > You wouldn't be able to file into any of the virtual folders, but you'd > be able to delete, move or copy out of them. > > The folders would be populated by searches. If you click on "Incoming > Mail / Yesterday", it's a search of your inboxes. > We'd probably have to come up with some tricks to make this faster, but > you get the idea. > > This is big time "blue sky". I'm focusing on my 0.9.9 bug list, > addressbook issues and addressbook performance. But I thought I'd > throw this out there. > > -Seth > Virtual Folders woul be soo cool! One of the best examples is in Ximian Evolution http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_evolution/features.html The vFolders there are very fast! -- Henrik Gemal Mozilla Evangelist Get the latest and greatest Mozilla web browser at: http://gemal.dk/mozilla/
