On Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 23:31 (which was Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 17:31 where I am) Thomas Fernandez wrote:
> I don't know other software with view mode capabilities like this > new version of TB, so I'll pass. I do. Novell's GroupWise has something similar, but the implementation is different and does not have a 'global' setting. Actually, TB! way of doing things has much more options than the way it is done in GroupWise. GroupWise only knows about folder-specific and named settings. There is no 'account default' or 'parent' setting available. Also, there is no way in GroupWise to apply a certain View mode to multiple folders at once, one needs to open the folder properties of each folder, switch to the correct tab, and select the view mode manually. Now, that doesn't mean there is nothing that is good about GroupWise's way of handling this feature. Instead of a context menu that selects a global viewmode, the context menu of the message headings allows changes to the configuration of the currently selected viewmode or folder specific settings such as adding new columns by selecting them from the drop-down menu (limited set with all others available through 'other columns' which invokes GroupWise's equivalent of the View mode configuration dialog). Also, in GroupWise it is possible to drag and drop the column headings to re-arrange them or remove them from the list of visible columns. If this were implemented instead of the dropdown with the globally applied View mode that is so easily misunderstood, the feature would gain useability while reducing the confusion thus killing two birds with one stone. -- Greetings, Maurice Using The Bat! v2.03.6 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
