Andy Fragen said: >Concrete folders displays >messages that have been "physically" put in them, whereas smart folders >display messages based upon some search algorithm.
That's what different about them, yes (though I'd be tempted to say "logically"). Would you really say that search results windows are the same thing like a folder? Following your logic, why then not put these search results of today in the browser, putting the real concrete folders down. As you already said 'smart folders' are search results, only with the search criteria retained. This is what you want? Following this logic even further: It could also be argued that Mail filters belong next to the folders they affect so we could keep them in the browser as well. You can easily see that it could be really crowded, which is why I feel it shouldn't be default. I can think of a number of reasons why it's bad UI-design to put 'smart' folders next to real ones and I'm sure if that is case in Mail, it has been discussed already. Actually, I think the mailbox-oriented ways of Mail is pretty stupid and is one reason why I didn't pick it up. I don't want PowerMail to become more "Mail-like" just because 'smart folders' is a cool concept. But for now, I don't see there is much more point to discuss placement of imaginary folders, unless can be further detailed in any useful fashion. It should be noted my expressed opinions on the subject are not necessarily based on my personal preference. I think the parts of this discussion on how people work with their email was most interesting. Thanks! I'd like to see more sharing their ways of interacting with their email, please. PM 5.2.3 Swedish | OS X 10.3.9 | Powerbook G4/400Mhz | 1GB RAM | 30GB HD
