Hi Hartmut,
On 06/08/2012 06:22 PM, Hartmut Figge wrote:
NoOp:
Hartmut Figge:
Actually I forgot the link to the other screenshot as well:
<https://bug736811.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=631242>
I have seen that in the bug.
I think the screen shots may be important as they show: 1) that the
layout is 'Wide View' (no idea if this makes a difference,
No difference here.
So, prior to getting to that screen, you ensured that you were in :
https://bug736811.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=631240
first. Right?
but worth noting),
Yes.
2) Both the email and newsgroup have multiple folders so when
the inbox/newsgroup is selected (screenshot 631242) the 'Name' box is
completely full (Qgiz to m.s.s.seamonkey ).
Took some time for me to understand what you meant with 'Name' box. It
is not visible here because i do not like tabs in MailNews. *g*
Look at the screenshots - left side: 'Name'. That (to me) is very
obvious. Want a screenshot with a red circle aroung 'Name'? :-)
As soon as I select 'm.s.s.seamonkey' the cursor jumps automatically to
the message display/compose box (all white at this time).
When i select m.s.seamonkey with the trackball the cursor and the focus
remain on m.s.seamonkey in the folderpane. Never have seen another behavior.
So, prior to getting to that screen, you ensured that you were in :
https://bug736811.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=631240
mode first. Right? If not, when you first open the mailnews window click
on 'news.mozilla.org' to get to that state.
When i press 'n' the focus jumps to a message in the threadpane which is
displayed in the messagepane. The cursor is still on the NG.
Hartmut, this is a *Mouse* issue - focus eh?
What do you mean with 'message display/compose box'? The messagepane?
The threadpane? After selecting m.s.seamonkey the threadpane is here
Where do you normaly view your message text and or enter text for
composition? The message pane/box that you are reading this in now is
just that.
blank only if there are no unread messages. That is because i have
checked View->Messages->All and View->Threads->Threads with Unread.
Of course i normally select a NG only when it contains new messages. ;)
The user then must move the cursor up to the 'Subject' box in order
to select a subject header.
Difficult to understand. Normally the user would select a message by
clicking on it in the threadpane. This may be done e.g. below 'Subject'
or below 'From'. What is a 'Subject' box?
https://bug736811.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=631242
"Subject"
It is at the seperator line between message window and 'Subject'
window
The separator between the threadpane and the line with the column headers?
More screenshots?
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abg haqrefgnaq jung nyy bgure haqrefgnaq jvgubhg qvssvphygl?" *t*
....
Well no Hartmut, I didn't start from a minimal installation. And no, I
didn't install Gentoo to test, nor did I try on FreeBSD, Slackware, or
Mageia (the distro Ricardo confirmed with). I _did_ try on Ubuntu 11.04,
Ubuntu 12.04, Fedora 17, and openSUSE 12.1.
Did you test with a full installation of any of those... :-)
Some month ago i tried several Live-DVDs of several distributions. They
install a network manager which assumes, that a DHCP-server exists. No
possibility to insert the data for my ISP.
Installing rp-pppoe sometimes required an existing connection to the ISP
*g* and often conflicted with the network manager. Removing the network
manager was impossible without removing a lot of essential packages. Bah.
You have checked different distributions and i assume that each of those
installed a desktop manager. So you have in the background a lot of
running daemons which do not exist here.
Thanks Hartmut for testing and attempting to assist. I always appreciate
your help. However in this situation I think that we've a lack of
communication in replicating the issue (most likely my fault for not
spending time with a step-by-step), and definitely an issue with the
last regarding linux distributions in testing.
I can certainly bring up _any_ mainstream distro on bare metal; but I'm
not about to do it to satisfy your 'test' environment. Now, I've
demonstrated the issue in several of _my_ environments. A 3rd party
(Ricardo) has graciously tested and replicated in his distro's
environment. You can either test in any of those envronments, or we'll
simply call it a draw& I'll thank you (again& seriously) for your
help, and leave it at that.
With Kind regards& thanks again for your efforts.
Gary
