Re: More observations from a new user

[Jim Mayer <jmayer rochester rr com>]

Thanks for the quick response!  I've added my two cents worth below:

On 2001.11.03 08:13 Pawel Salek wrote:
> 
> On 2001.11.03 08:27 Jim Mayer wrote:
>> (1) I really didn't like the bright green "unread messages" color.
>> People are very sensitive to green light, and the bright green lines
>> appeared visibly larger that the surrounding text to me.  I find that
>> blues tend to be a lot less visually distracting.
> 
> Is red OK? blue tends to overlap with gnome default colors (but I 
> guess it
> would be acceptable, too).

I think of the blue as forming a graceful extension of the existing 
color scheme :-).  Actually, I think it does.  The shade I selected by 
random is just enough brighter than the colors that Gnome uses that it 
stands out but doesn't clash.  Colors are a lot like fonts... if you 
use too many of them they actually detract from the presentation.

> 
>> (3) A preference option to have Balsa open my "inbox" on startup 
>> would
>> be nice.
> 
> There is a command flag (in CVS), I have added a preference entry as 
> well.
> 
>> (4) The "Oh my God! You've got new mail! You bastard!" audio message
>> that is the default on my system is a bit over the top.  I don't 
>> know if
>> that is set in Balsa or in Gnome.
> 
> Well, it is distributed with balsa :-). It comes from the times when 
> balsa was really, really, underground/indy stuff for hardcore geeks. 
> Please, submit a better
> wav file if you have it around. (or anybody else has some 
> suggestions?)

Something quiet :-)  The Gnibbles/Bonus sound wouldn't be bad!  I just 
set mine to the Gnibbles/Splat sound.

Something else I just noticed though... Balsa seems to register its 
sounds under two different names.  I see:

	Balsa E-mail reader/Program startup

and

	E-mail/New mail notification

Actually, I see two copies of "E-mail/New mail notification."  
Shouldn't the preferences for Balsa be grouped together?  Or is the 
"Email/New mail notification" a "generic" property of some sort?

Thanks again.

-- Jim