Re: [Evolution] Getting to the "next" message

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 13:23 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  But if the message is displayed (by double-clicking) in its own
> window, pressing "Display the next message" in the message window
> displays the next message in the folder.  This behavior is new, at
> least since evolution-2.26, and (I believe) undesirable.

I don't use separate message windows a lot, but one possible reason for
this difference is that the message window stays up till you close it,
whereas the underlying folder display may change. It would be
counter-intuitive to have the effect of pressing Next Message in the
message window depend on what specific view of the folder is being shown
in a separate window. In fact the folder window might even be displaying
a completely different folder, and I don't think you would expect the
message window to track this.

> Moreover, pressing "Display the next message" in the main window
> advances the selected message (as indicated by its blue color), while
> pressing "Display the next message" in the message window does not
> advance it.  This is how it has always been, but (I think) it also
> undesirable.

Again, the folder window isn't necessarily showing the same folder, and
if it is it could be a different part of the same folder, using preview
mode, at the same time as you have a given message in the message
window. I sometimes do this. I wouldn't want the folder display to
change just because I hit Next Message in the message window.

poc