Re: [Evolution] How do you want printed emails to look like?

[Dan Vratil <dvratil redhat com>]

On Thursday 27 of October 2011 11:09:33 Nick Jenkins wrote:
> > But I'd like to hear from all of you what do you think about the
> > proposed
> > look, what would you change or keep, or remove... I have printed the
> > email in various mail clients so that you can compare it and find some
> > inspiration :)
> The new WebKit one looks great!
>
> Only things that I though looked better in the others, and if borrowed
> by the WebKit one would improve it, were:
> * in the Kmail example, the box around the header: the light brown CSS
> box with a black border is nice, because it emphasises and distinguishes
> this crucial who/what/when information. It's also nice to have the
> subject (the "what") as the very first thing, in bold, with a line
> underneath it.

I'm OK with black border and bold headers, but the background, I don't know. I 
think it's just waste of ink. 

> * The footers from Thunderbird are good, with the "1 of 2" page
> numbering on the left, and the date of printing on the right. I always
> want page numbers & page range so that I can make sure I've got all the
> bits of paper, and got them in order. Date of printing is occasionally
> handy, but not essential (and if omitted then the page number & range
> should probably be in the centre of the page). Personally, I don't
> particularly want the subject in the header of all pages though.

+1

> * From the Thunderbird one, it's could be good to include the
> attachments at the end, rather than the start - since they can be
> unimportant - although it very much depends on the context.

/me unsure

> * Like the Gmail one, nice to show the number of attachments, such as
> "Attachments: 3", instead of just "Attachments".

+1


Thanks for your opinion.

- Dan

> All these things are personal preference of course.
>
> >  You've just invited upon
> >  yourself a bikeshed discussion since everyone and their dog will
> >  have an opinion to offer.
>
> Red with black highlights around the door frames! ;-)
>
> Seriously though, the feedback I've seen is constructive and genuine and
> given in good faith, and most of it seems compatible. It's not debate
> for the sake of debate.
>
> -- All the best,
> Nick.
>
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