Philippe:
I have changed my e mail app to give it a try.
It feels awkward at first, but I have to go
so many years of doing it one way
You are completely right about legibility around small columns
Also with the fact that you can display more mails in the central
column.
But for now, what I feel (completely subjective) is that I am reading a
language like Hebrew, since I am looking to the right of the screen.
It is more natural to read (even in columns from left to right).
As I said, I changed my mail program and I am giving it a try, later on
I will post my experiences.
yours,
Daniel
PS How do you do when there are photos, scans, pics that certainly are
in need for a wider area?
Philippe Bossut wrote:
Mimi Yin wrote:
[...snip...]
2. I think I wouldn't mind reading email in the preview pane if there
was some 1-click way to shift the focus of the screen to the detail
view (thereby shortening the summary table view) and then another
1-click way to refocus on the summary table view. It's the pain of
having to resize the splitter between the 2 panes constantly that's so
annoying. That's why for people with larger screens, the vertical 3
pane layout is often preferred over the horizontal split.
Another reason is that it's more efficient to read a narrow column than
a wide area. This is why newspapers have been organized in narrow
columns since decades. Your eye doesn't have to scan from left to right
then down but only down. Less chance to miss the line, easier to
"grock" the text, allow speed read. When Outlook moved to a 3 columns
layout, all its users (me included) raved about it.
Also, in the case of an e-mail app, this allows to display a longer
list of e-mails in the central area so you indeed don't feel the need
to move any splitter. This is arguably different in the case of a
calendar.
Cheers,
- Philippe
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