Re: [Evolution] have you seen this message?

["Ali Abdin" <aliabdin aucegypt edu>]

>   3) Messages should be marked read immediately upon being opened.
>      People can mark them unread again by hand if they need to.
>      (You can't toggle the flag by hand right now, but you will be
>      able to.)

I really like this method the most. In Outlook it is frustrating when I get
a 'one-line' message or get something on the cvs-commits list and I have to
'wait' for it to be 'read' or I have to use some clunky right-click menu
system to read it.

Mark by default as 'read' - in my opinion - If a user wants to mark it as
'unread' later then that should be in the clunky right-click menu.

One frustrating thing about Outlook was that when I open a folder it
'automatically selects' the last message or the first message (I forget
which) - it pisses me off, because then that message is marked as 'read (say
I open the folder and then go to the bathroom or something). My thinking is
opening a folder != opening (or previewing) the first mail.

>   4) Messages should be marked read immediately upon being opened.
>      People can use Shift + up/down arrow (or something) to move the
>      cursor in the message list without opening messages, and Return
>      or Space or something to select. (This is basically how most
>      Emacs-based mail readers work.)

I like this - shit up/down arrow would be cool (In outlook though, I usually
use 'delete' to go onto the next message)

>   5) Messages should be marked read only after you've scrolled all the
>      way to the bottom of them. (This seems to make some sort of
>      sense, but at the same time seems like it could be
>      wrong/annoying. Do any other mail programs do this, and if so,
>      how well does it work?) (Also, this leaves the question of "what
>      about messages that fit on one screen and don't need to be
>      scrolled?".)

I don't like this idea. Feels very unintiuitive - and usually, I don't
scroll all the way down to the bottom because I don't want to (rather, I
don't care to) see the .sigs at the bottom.

>   6) Like 5, but the spacebar means "scroll" if you're not at the
>      bottom of the message, and "mark this message read and jump to
>      the next message" if you are. (aka "DWIM mode")

hmm - I'm not sure i like this. Most of the 'new' users won't figure this
out by default. Usually (in mutt) I use two different buttons to scroll and
to go onto the next message. Having the same button do two actions, it
doesn't feel right to me.


Ali