i've been lurking and getting caught up on all the messages so far, and i have 
to say i'm very excited about this effort. i'm a designer (ui/web) and will be 
happy to contribute my time (what little there is) if there's anything i can do.
 
here's something i hate about mail.app:

1. i start composing a message
2. then, before i finish, i switch to another app that obscures mail.app windows
3. when i'm done, i click on a visible portion of the mail.app main window, 
but, of course, my new message window was in the middle of the screen and is 
now behind the main window
4. so i have to go to window > new message window to bring it back to the front

if i use the application switcher or dock i avoid this issue, but that's the 
app expecting me to adapt, rather than it adapting to my needs. i know of no 
way to cycle through open mail.app windows via keyboard.

i want my mail client to assume that when i'm composing a message, then that's 
the most important thing to me, and it should maintain focus on that window, 
unless i indicate otherwise by clicking or tabbing to another window. a tabbed 
interface could address this, or perhaps there's another ui approach to resolve 
this.

thanks to all who are getting this effort off the ground, especially those 
taking lead roles and spending valuable time on it.
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