On 25/gen/2010, at 16.48, Marc Stibane wrote:

>> I can't see anyone else who's mentioned this so far on this thread, but if 
>> someone has and I've missed it, apologies...
>> 
>> In this mockup, the source list folders are grouped by email account, and 
>> then by the individual folders on the server for that account. This is 
>> similar to how Postbox and a few other clients work, but very different to 
>> Mail, which groups items in the sidebar by function first, then by account. 
>> So you have one 'Inbox' in the source list, which can then be opened to 
>> reveal individual account inboxes.
>> 
>> Personally, I find that layout very useful in Mail, because it allows me to 
>> see, for instance, my Inbox or Sent folder for ALL accounts simultaneously, 
>> as opposed to having to go through each individually to read all my new mail.
>> 
>> Is there a particular advantage to the grouped-by-account approach that I'm 
>> missing? It just seems like a no-brainer to me to do as Mail does here.
> 
> I second that.
> This is also one of the major complaints of the iPhone mail.app: No shared 
> inbox. Leads to lots of tapping if you have several accounts...

I agree on the concept!

...but the wireframe S already solves that problem:
. the top part contains the sources, EXACTLY as they are "physically" on the 
server.
. the bottom part contains the smart folders: the "aggregated" inbox is, in 
fact, a smart folder. :)

|D

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