On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:24:25 -0800, Januk Aggarwal wrote:
> Well, ok, maybe a drop down menu isn't the best implementation. :)
> But there should be some better way to display the contents of these
> fields. Maybe some sort of auto wrapping in the "Header" bar could do
> the trick? As for the other features, that should just be a matter of
> reusing the code that already exists for the Kludges.
OK, you are now unto something. :) Both Agent and X-News have a
feature that I think would provide you with your solution. They both
allow you to view, in the body of your messages, aspects of the
Kludges that may interest the user. IOW, they allow you to view a
filtered version of the kludges. In Agent you have to do this via a
simple ini file entry, and with X-news, you may set this up in the
configuration dialog.
Take for example X-News. I have set it up to display Kludge
information in the message body using a different font and colour from
that used by the message body. This is what it looks like:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven C. Den Beste)
Subject: Re: Win2K and OS/2 (Seti@Home)
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534
Newsgroups: stardock.os2
Agent does the same but a line separator follows which makes it
elegant. :)
I have been thinking of making a wish request that the header
information be placed in the message body text area with a line
separator, for some time for two reasons:-
a) At 1152x864, the headers are difficult to read on that headers bar.
If the headers are in the message body area then it may be viewed in
the same font as the rest of your message. Perhaps the font colour
could be made to configurable as the quoted text colour is. Of course
upon replying to messages, these headers will not be included. :)
b) The information in the headers such as URL's or e-mail addresses
will be context menu sensitive as you are desiring now.
Of course, the disadvantage is that the headers will scroll
out of site as you read which IMHO is not such a bad thing when
compared to the benefits.
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