Hello Allie,

On Sunday, December 14, 2003, 4:48:07 PM, you wrote:

> The view mode settings invoked via the main window's message list header
> bar are global. Selecting a particular view there leads to the view
> being applied on all folders across all accounts. It does seem to
> over-ride all other folder specific settings.

> However, if you wish to be more complicated, i.e., use specific view
> modes for specific folders etc., then you can't apply a global view and
> instead have to set that global view mode to 'none'.

> IMO, this setup seems reasonable to me, except that from a user
> interface standpoint, it's misleading and far from intuitive in design.
> I have a problem with such a global setting being accessible from the
> message list header bar. Intuitively, one would assume that the menu for
> the message list header bar would apply to that particular folders
> message list. Every other View Mode menu does this, so it only
> follows....

This is explaining the behavior of the menu items and looking at
it with this in mind, almost sounds logical ;-)

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 Edgar

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