I was aware of the account switching popup, actually. It doesn't provide a key element that's provided by the drawer: a quick view of the number of unread messages in a given account. While the count is available in the popup, since the popup is hidden most of the time, it's not easy to "eyeball' the number of unread messages for each account.
Regardless, the main issue is aesthetic, not functional: drawers are ugly, and even Apple no longer uses them. On May 4, 11:44 pm, Ruben Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your feature request.Please consider "Mailplane->Switch to > account" (Command-Control-A) to switch accounts without using the drawer: > - It uses no space > - It can be used from the keyboard (no mouse) > - It's very fast :) > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mailplane is the only application left on my Leopard machine that > > still uses a drawer. Most every other application I use has long since > > gone towards a source list, following Apple's lead. Some, like > > Tweetie, have developed compact and innovative interface elements to > > represent a list of possible views and the modal states between them. > > > Would the developer consider modernizing the Mailplane UI and moving > > to a source list for accounts? Alternatively, a horizontal bar of > > accounts (not quite a tab bar, but similar in height and location) > > would be a welcome improvement. > > > The unsightly drawer eats up screen real estate without providing much > > visual benefit. One would need to have dozens of Gmail accounts to > > actually make use of the entire vertical space of the drawer. Please > > consider an alternative. > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // > twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
