Thread by Subject/Sort by Date Obscures New Messages
Version 1.54 beta 15 introduced this change: [*] Oldest messages are used as thread roots for threading by subject/from/to This causes problems when both threading by subject and sorting by received date (in descending order) are used. Typically when you have a folder sorted by date you want to see new messages at the top, and that's the way it worked until beta 15. Now, if there is another message in the folder with the same subject, the new message gets buried under it. This can be a particular inconvenience in folders with large number of messages. I've to use View/Display/Only Unread messages just to find some new messages. Suggestion: If a folder is sorted by received date or created date in descending order, do not use the oldest message as the thread root, but rather use the NEWEST message as the root. Ron -- _ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Beta: 1.54 beta/15 Wish List : http://wish.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Thread by Subject/Sort by Date Obscures New Messages
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:06:12 -0500, Ron Mura [RM] wrote these comments: ... RM This causes problems when both threading by subject and sorting by RM received date (in descending order) are used. Typically when you RM have a folder sorted by date you want to see new messages at the RM top, and that's the way it worked until beta 15. RM Now, if there is another message in the folder with the same RM subject, the new message gets buried under it. This can be a RM particular inconvenience in folders with large number of messages. RM I've to use View/Display/Only Unread messages just to find some RM new messages. RM Suggestion: If a folder is sorted by received date or created date RM in descending order, do not use the oldest message as the thread RM root, but rather use the NEWEST message as the root. Hmmm. I see what you mean. Before this new feature was introduced, I used to sort messages in descending order of received time and the oldest message would start the thread with the messages getting newer as I go down. This is my personal preference and it works for me. Finding new messages doesn't require digging since I just use the 'go to next unread message' navigation option (CTRL-]). I don't believe in imposing style on others and having the oldest message *always* at the top of the thread, no matter the sorting order chosen by dates (this is what appears to be the case after testing) seems like a bad move to me. Are there those who would wish to sort in *ascending* order of date and yet wish for the oldest message to be at the top? -- ©Allie C Martin -- List Moderator and fellow end-user PGPKey - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=PGPPubKey1 [MUA: TB! v1.54 Beta/16a (*) OS: Win2K SP2] -- _ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Beta: 1.54 beta/15 Wish List : http://wish.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Thread by Subject/Sort by Date Obscures New Messages
On 19 Dec 2001, 8:15:19 AM, Allie C Martin wrote: Are there those who would wish to sort in *ascending* order of date and yet wish for the oldest message to be at the top? My general practice is to sort by created time, with the newest on top. But when I toggle to threaded view to put a message in context, it seems logical to me that the thread be headed by the message which began it. As a thread grows, there are answers to third generation messages which are later than answers to 5th generation messages. What does the sorting do when there are multiple messages with identical date and time from different branches of the thread of you try to display from bottom up. Admitted this won't happen often, but since it can happen the code would have to deal with it. -- Dwight A. Corrin P O Box 47828 Wichita KS 67201-7828 316.263.9706 fax 316.263.6385 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 1.54 Beta/16a on Windows NT version 5,1 -- _ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Beta: 1.54 beta/15 Wish List : http://wish.thebat.dutaint.com
