On 30/08/02 22:55, Ron Hunter Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote:> On 30/08/02 09:26, Ron Hunter Replied As Follows: >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> >>>Jay Garcia wrote:> On 30/08/02 06:04, Jos� Jeria Replied As Follows: >>> >>>>--- Original Message --- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>A feature that I like very to have in Mozilla would be that if you replied a >>>>>message the icon to the left of the subject changes the way it does in >>>>>Outlook. >>>>>Then I can easily see if I replied to that mail or not. >>>>> >>>>>Is there a bug filed on this, or should I file a new one? >>>>> >>>>>/Jos� Jeria >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>What's wrong with the STATUS column indicating REPLIED ?? >>>> >>> >>>Not a thing, if have a 19" screen to display all those fields. But if you are >>>using a 15" screen, then you hoard every pixel for useful purposes, and since >>>we can't delete the icon, then why not make it serve multiple purposes? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Ok, how would you propose an icon to reflect REPLIED, NEW and FORWARDED? >> > Well, we already have the 'new', since there is a green arrow pointing down > from above when the message is new. So how about one pointing down from below > for 'forwarded', and one pointing to the left for one replied to, and there > are still quite a few options with the arrow position, and direction for other > actions. Just one idea. > > > Ok, no matter what the icons are as relates to the function, how do you propose to educate millions of users as to what those icons represent? Tooltips? Just rely on documentation or answering the 100's of posts in the groups ??? I still think the BEST is a textual representation in the column. However, there is a bug filed on "tooltips" (missing) that should clear up the mess. Users complain that valuable real-estate is taken up by having to have too many columns. I can understand that. Tooltip implementation should take care of that once fixed .... -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
