On Fri, Mar 24, 2006, Mikael Byström said: >Andy Fragen said: > >>Why couldn't smart folders simply integrate with real folders and be >>alpha sorted? Then all they really need is a different icon so the user >>has some indication that they're different. I also see some sort of plus/ >>minus/gear menu at the bottom of the folder panel. > >Well, I already gave reasons why and meant that I feel that if these >possibilities are added to PowerMail at some point, 'smart' and >'concrete' folder integration side by side (or row by row) shouldn't be >default, simply because Smart Folders and Concrete Folders are two >different things. >It should be possible though to arrange folders in any way one would like.
But are they really different things. They're both folders and as such should have all the same features and characteristics of folders. The only real difference is what they display. Concrete folders displays messages that have been "physically" put in them, whereas smart folders display messages based upon some search algorithm. -- Andy Fragen
