On 5/30/05, Peter Hampf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The unread tab is located under the account/folder window and is ment to be > "show only folders that contain unread messages". > > It must NOT hide the read messages inside these folders.
I don't want to start a flamewar about this, but I have to disagree with you. Knowing what folders have unread messages is practically useless. The combination of only showing folders with unread messages & the messages themselves is far more useful (and really, the former would be a byproduct of the latter). What good is knowing a folder has unread messages if I need to hunt them down? Not all unread messages are new or have proper timestamps, etc.; I have a lot of unread messages located all over the place. The current "unread" tab doesn't offer me much more than the "unread" column in the account view. Even if you want to contend that this is the correct behavior, then there is still something wrong with this UI. Apparently it has caused confusion. "Unread" here clearly means to me "unread messages", probably because messages are the only thing I think of in terms of having been read and not read. Even if the location of the tab would indicate otherwise, then it would indicate unread folders, which doesn't make very much sense. This concept of only folders with unread messages is neither intuitive nor supported by the tab's context. But, like I said, if this is the correct behavior, then the tab should be renamed at the very least. Now, to add something new, I don't like how the "Unread" tab does not group folders by account. I have three accounts I use, so I see three "Inbox" folders in the "Unread" tab, without any indication. other than location (seems to correlate to the same order in the account tree), of which folder is which. -- Kevin ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.21 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
