This from Nate Hamilton - dated 11/6/02 04.42 pm: > This is by design, when deleting messages that are sorted by Sent, the > selection moves to the next most recently sent message. > > When sorting by Sent, change the order so that the most recent messages are > on the bottom of the list (click "Sort" column and make sure the arrow > points up) and you will get the behavior that you expect.
Mm-hm. Thanks, Nate, although this is more a reiteration of what I wrote that an answer to my question. It doesn't really help me understand why Entourage is inconsistent in this way. After all, even when ordering is based on the 'From' or 'Subject' columns, secondary ordering is by date, so why does the selection not always move to to the 'next most recent' message from the same sender or with the same subject. It seems cock-eyed and bereft of any internal logic to have one type of behaviour for the 'Sent' column and another for all the others. This is just an opinion, of course, and I'm happy to by convinced by any compelling arguments as to why the programme designers felt that this was the best way to provide an intuitive and consistent experience for users. Cordially Mr Tea -- Brew of the day: [ibid] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
