On 2010/01/25, at 2:18, Jesper wrote: >> Well...this is a power user client... What's wrong with just giving the >> option? I don't see this as causing a huge amount of bloat. > > Precisely. > > The argument otherwise is that it'll be twice as much to maintain, > which is fine because *there will be a 50/50 split* (even a 25/75 > split would make it worthwhile to keep both options alive) and we want > all of them to be able to use Letters. It's not a "mode" either > insofar that it's going to be transient, you're going to decide on one > and stick with it. Unless one desperately wants something with no > variability for the sake of it (and given the vision I don't see how > that could be extracted), this is a sane choice.
I couldn't agree more, except the part about how you're going to choose one mode and then stick with it. I like both modes of threading, so if Letters did implement both, then it would be nice to be able to toggle the thread display mode (flat or full-nested) while viewing mail (without leaving the window). I personally use both modes (but currently I have to switch over to Thunderbird to get nested threads). A lot of times, flat threads are fine, and they are nice and easy. They make it easier to see the timeline of the conversation. In a fully nested thread view, a reply one second ago to an older post may not even be on the screen. On the other hand, when you really want to grok a real conversation, you want to see the full details of who said what to whom, and how far along in the conversation were they when they said that. This is especially true you know the parties involved (e.g., co-workers) and are trying to absorb how their thinking is changing, in addition to your own. If I had to choose just one as a user, I would choose fully nested threads, as they convey more information. OTOH, if I had to choose one to program initially, and the plan was to support both someday, I would probably implement flat threads first because it would probably be a little less work. But they're both good in different ways. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
