Re: Main window design proposal

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At 11:10 AM 11/15/00, Hongli Lai wrote:
>I think the current main window design is not good enough.
>Currently it looks like this:
>
>+----------------------------+
>|       | Thread             |
>| Mail  | list               |
>| boxes |                    |
>|       +--------------------+
>|       |                    |
>|       | Message body       |
>|       |                    |
>|       |                    |
>+-------+--------------------+
>
>This has a disadvantage: there's less space for the
>message body viewer widget.
>Yes, I know the mailbox list can be hidden, but a lot of people
>switch mailboxes very often.
>
>So I'm proposing a new design that looks like this:
>+----------------------------+
>|       |                    |
>| Mail  |   Thread list      |
>| boxes |                    |
>|-------+--------------------+
>|                            |
>|        Message body        |
>|                            |
>|                            |
>+----------------------------+
>
>Saves a lot of space, doesn't it?
>Please consider this.
>Or at least make it configureable.

Again, I already have a patch for this.  Doesn't quite work right though.
When I switch to the second layout (in the Preferences panel), and I have
a mailbox open, the "Mailboxes" subpanel has it's width changed to the exact
same *height* as the "Thread list" subpanel.  Would anyone be willing to
take a look at my code, and see if it's a problem with my stuff, or gtk+?
Note - The first layout above is used my default, if you don't go into
Prefs and change it, you'll never know the second layout exists.
That should kepp Marcel and others with lots of mailboxes happy.  8-]

--
steve


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