On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:24:59 -0500, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins at
finestructure.net> wrote:
> I actually really like having notmuch open right into my "inbox".
Well, at least that option won't ever go away. :-)
> I thought part of the point of notmuch was to get rid of the whole dump
> idea of folders!
There's certainly lots of brain-damage in "folder-based" email
programs. And obviously, we don't want to encourage that. I think one of
the biggest things that notmuch provides to avoid the brain damage is
global search.
So what I'm imagining for the default notmuch view is something like
this:
Welcome to notmuch.
Notmuch search: _________________________________________
Saved searches:
55,342 All messages
22 Inbox
Recent searches:
1 from:"someone special" and tag:unread
34 tag:notmuch and tag:todo
Click (or press Enter) on any search to see the results.
Right-click (or press Space) on any recent search to save it.
So the "saved searches" portion of the view is basically just what
notmuch-folder displays now. Above that there's an obvious place to
start a new search, (in a slightly more "web-browser-like" way than the
typical mini-buffer approach).
All recent searches appear in the list at the bottom automatically, and
there's the documented mechanism for saving a search, (giving it a name
and having it appear above).
I think the above should do a good job of emphasizing what notmuch is,
and how a search-based email program is fundamentally different than a
folder-based approach.
Feedback?
-Carl
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