Hi Cristian,
On 01 May 2000 at 16:54:58 GMT +0300 (which was 14:54 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "TB! WishList":
>>"Normal" IMHO. Previous is up in the list. Next is down in the list.
> Next is *not* intuitive.
For you, maybe.
> When I am saying "what's next ?" I mean what's new.
Then, with respect, the problem lies in your expectations which seem
to arise from a mis-understanding of the English language and its' use
in this context.
> What's the new message that follows in time, not down in the list,
> where the newer message is up.
That is not the meaning of "Next" in this context. Next here is used
to mean subsequent; the next in sequence. It does not mean "New". The
"next" item in a list is the one listed vertically below the current
item.
> This "next" would forces me to keep the list descending, and such
> thing is out of question.
Why "out of the question"? It may not be what you are used to right
now, but it is more logical and more "real-life". If you were writing
a list on a piece of paper, how would you keep inserting new entries
at the top?
Anyway, since you are listing from bottom to top instead of top to
bottom then you want to progress up the list - to the previous message
in the list rather than down the list to the next message. This is the
meaning of the English in use - a fact, not an opinion and certainly
by no means incorrect.
If you can't understand the logic feel free to stay with PMMail. It
doesn't bother me. I'm only trying to point out that there are other
ways of looking at this stuff. We all know that TB has a whole raft of
usability issues (just like *any* software package - you can't please
all of the people all of the time) but that doesn't stop it being the
best, fastest, leanest and most full-featured MUA around right now.
Sometimes you have to change the way you "used to do it" to get the
best out what is available. It doesn't always pay to be intransigent.
>>Then you aren't using the embedded message list in the folder view you
>>have open for browsing. Opening a folder view does *not* affect the
>>position of the "cursor" in the main TB window.
> Yes, now I know that (see my previous message in response to
> Alexander).
I saw that.
> And this is *not* what I want :(
... and Alex has since responded that the list can be freely resized
and, unless you are using a resolution of less than 1024*768, there
should be no real estate problem.
> ... and which folder elements becomes so heavily loaded, I have to
> switch it immediately back off.
> The only reason I open a message in a new window, is to view as much
> text as possible at a glance. I like more the PMMail (or Outlook
> Express) approach, in which the main window keeps track of the cursor
> over the message list, cursor that I can see it moving somewhere on
> other (not focussed) layer on the desktop.
And many here seem to prefer the multiple view aspects of TB where we
can open multiple views of single folders to see different messages
side-by-side and not change any current selection in the main
three-pane master window.
It strikes me that you are so used to the lack of freedom elsewhere
that you are asking how to remove the flexibility from TB.
Oh well. You win some, you lose some <shrug>.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
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