Hi, all,
On 01/10/1999, at 02:05,
Ali Martin (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
regrouped the troops and said:
AM>>> What event exactly would make unread messages automatically be declared
AM>>> seen and given the color orange?
>> Opening the folder where they are during a few seconds
>> (time chosen as an option).
>> Exactly like opening an "unread" during a few seconds makes the post
>> automatically declared "read". (you chose the time in
>> account_properties / options).
AM> A time. Wouldn't that time vary depending on how many messages you have
AM> in that particular folder. I see a lot of potential problems there. I
AM> still think that your feature is worthwhile but only workable through a
AM> manual toggle switch or through filters.
The time you need to read a post vary, too, depending on how many
lines you have in it. But, after a time you've defined, it's marked
"unread". Did you have any problem with that? I had, from time to
time: what I do is to hit ctrl+U and mark it unread.
If you want a manual toggle, It may be this one, as it is a better
priorities management to spend time, hand working, with urgent posts,
than to spend it with all the non-urgents.
In this case:
Red (new posts in): I open the folder.
A time (user defined): All "new" posts in it are marked "seen".
Orange.
(If I want, for any reason, to keep one "new")
I press ctrl+something: This particular post is marked "new". Red.
Agreed?
Please notice two thing.
1- People who don't like this option may just act as if red and orange
were the same color and don't make *any* change in their habits.
2- When I open a red folder, I *know* that it's going to be orange.
So, I go and see all the "new" posts.
If you really *hate* this auto change (why not), and want a manual
toggle, for me I *don't* want to hand work and waste time with *each*
non-urgent posts. So, I can live with a manual toggle which changes
*all* the "new" posts to "seen" with only *one* mouse click. Could
you?
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Best regards,
Claude.
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