Hi there!
On 1 May 00, at 16:17, Cristian Secara wrote
about "Re: TB! WishList":
> >Cristian, I think you miss the following point: when you browse the messages
> >in a _separate_ window, there is a _hidden_ (by default) message list there
> >(you need to tick View-->Message List in the menus of this window to see it)
> >which has it's _own_ sorting order and the settings alike, which is thus
> >different from the sorting order used in the default three-pane view (main
> >window of the program).
>
> Yes, that's true. Hm, strange approach ... it works, but ... is there any way
> for synchronizing the two message lists ? At least the movement of the blue
> cursor bar ? I find no real use of this hidden message list, as it occupies a
> lot of space from the window. The window becomes like the preview pane - in
> fact this is the reason I opened the message separately, to have more space.
I don't see your point. What resolution are you working at? It's a common
point that TB is kinda tricky to use on 640x480 screens, and even 800x600
isn't high enough usually;-( But at higher resolutions one has quite enough
space to have (at least, tiny) message list in the separate folder-view window.
Do you realize that the message list can be resized? You can make it much
smaller (I usually have it set to 5 or 6 messages fit in;-))
As for the synchronization you're speaking about, I see no sense in it, since
the separate folder window is usually (almost) maximized here, and I don't see
the main window of the program anyway unless I close the separate one;-)
Finally, the sad fact that _you_ find no use for the separate message list
doesn't mean _others_ don't need it. I find it pretty cool to be able to efficiently
work with one and the same folder sorted differently.
> Yes, I understand now. But I go back and say that the naming of that toolbar
> button is unhappy chosen. In the new context, "next" means next only in some
> circumstances, "below" (or "down") means below (or down) at anytime, no
> matter the sort order / ascending / descending / whatever.
That's a question of (English) terminology, so I cannot comment it further. All I
can say is that for _me_ (and I'm a Russian-speaker) it seems to be pretty
logical in it's current state. It might seem highly illogical for the people that
write from the bottom up, but for the people writing from the top down and
from the left to right "Next" is usually equivalent to "One line down" and
"Previous" -- to "One line up";-). Taken in it's context, a "message" is
equivalent to "a line" in the message list (_any_ message list), and hence "next
message" is the same thing as "next line of the message list".
> Hm ... what's the use for keeping those message lists separately each
> other ?
A lot of them;-) In the default three-pane view I usually have the messages
unthreaded and sorted by date (newer ones to the top of the folder), with only
5 columns visible: From, Subject, Date sent, Attachments, Read (this is to
save the screen real estate for the "Folders" pane, of course). At the same
time, in the "separate" folder windows I usually thread by references and have
much more columns visible (with much less space dedicated to Subject and
>From columns). Since the two message lists are independent from each other,
I get all the benefits from the both approachs.
> And, again, how can I keep them synchronized (at least the cursor
> movement) ?
No way. And again: WHY do you want them to be synchronized???
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