Re: [Evolution] Reading threads

[Rob Walker <rob myinternetplace net>]

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 19:53, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:

> > From what I'm inferring from reading this message, the key issue is not
> to find a key that deletes and moves up or down, but that the definition
> of what the "previous" and "next" message to move to (for the "p" and
> "n") or the "next" (for the delete action) does not match what this user
> is expecting.  The originator of the thread wants it to visually match
> the sort type, not always fixed to "up" or "down" in the message list.

Yes, I realized that.  I was, however, showing how a different mailer
did it, ignoring the sorted issue.


> So... the comment was that sorted by date follows the date field, in the
> direction of the sort.  If newest is at the top, then "next" is "up" not
> "down".

> For what it's worth, I agree with you, as do many developers of other
> email clients.

What do you think it should do when the sort is not by the date fields,
but rather sorted by one of the other fields?

rob