Re: feature announcement

[Gordon Oliver <gordo pincoya com>]

On 2001.08.23 01:44 Toralf Lund wrote:
> The "search for message" feature in most mailers I have tested (not that
> many, I admit) leaves a lot to be desired. The problem lies in the way
the
> search results are presented; you will typically get a list of the
matching
> messages in a separate window. This is not very useful to me at least, as
I
> want to see the messages in their proper context, i.e. I'm interested in
> the whole thread even if not all messages match. In other words, I would
> prefer the search function to simply highlight the matching messages in
the
> normal mailbox view.

How about a different option. When the messages are displayed in a separate
window, make the action of clicking/double-click display the message in its
context within the normal pane. This would allow the quick selection of
"interesting" matches, and allow the viewing of the message in context.
I would have to agree with Melanie here, in that highlighting them would
just make it harder to dig them out (note that this could be partially
fixed
by UI - using scrollbars that show the position of marked messages ;-)
	-gordo