On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 19:20 +0100, Félix Ortega wrote: > El jue, 09-12-2004 a las 12:56 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast escribió: > > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 18:53 +0100, Félix Ortega wrote: > > > El jue, 09-12-2004 a las 11:33 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast escribió: > > > > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:48 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > > > > > > > > > > should we just add the number but not bold it? > > > > > > > > > > should we overhaul the whole view anyway, i.e. add columns for the > > > > > different numbers rather than having them incorporated into the text? > > > > > > > > I think having columns might be a good idea actually. > > > I think this is not a good idea. A column view wild be horrible, and it > > > wild be unusable with long folder names (all the numbers displaced). I > > > think the italic o bold italic way would be a better choice (the same > > > interfaz, only with a hint of how many draft emails you have). > > > > why? lots of mailers have the multi-column thing. mozilla, eudora, etc > > etc. > I think it's horrible. > Also there is a problem with small screens (800x600 and even 1024x768), > for viewing all the tree with columns (it's too wide). > I prefer the actual look for the folders, but I need to display the > number of messages in the draft count, so I don't forget I have mails > pending. I think treat the drafts folder like the outbox one is not a > problem, there isn't any confusion (because I don't see too logical to > have a draft message unread). > I would like to have a solution, that's why I have written the patch. overloading the meaning of a particular UI hint is generally a bad idea for usability, which is what makes the bold thing bad. Jeff -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. fejj ximian com - www.novell.com
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