Hello John,
On Saturday, February 12, 2000 at 15:51:00 GMT +0900 (which was 10:51 PM where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> It's the logical thing for people who want it that way, but other
> programs at least give you the option of opening a folder at a new
> message, not an old one you've already read once.
I don't really see the utility in doing that. The way I have my mail
set up, unread messages generally do not come into folders with a lot
of other messages in them. This means that if I go into a folder,
there is usually a reason why the last message that was open is still
there.
For example, the mail from this list is filtered into a TBUDL folder.
I have a subfolder for any archiving that I want to do. Thus, if I
have a read message in the TBUDL folder, usually that means I haven't
taken appropriate action with it. The appropriate action might be to
read it, respond, archive or delete.
When it comes to navigation, TB does exactly what you tell it to do.
This means that often when I'm reading a message in the preview pane,
the focus might be on the folder list. Then I hit the down arrow by
accident, but to fix it, all I have to do is move back to the TBUDL
folder. No problem, the message is still open, and still at the same
spot. Nice and easy. If TB followed what you suggested, then I would
have a lot more keystrokes than just one to recover from my mistake.
For your purpose, you *never* have to hit more than two key
combinations. Seems like a small price to pay for real convenience.
> It doesn't even give you a means of finding the next unread message
> in a different folder directly, because when you jump to a new
> folder, you'll be at an already read message.
This was a bit of a bother when I first got TB, but now that I'm used
to this system, I wouldn't change it too quickly. I wouldn't mind
seeing a keystroke that would go to the next unread message even
across folders, but as I understand it, this will be offered in the
much touted version 2.
> Sorry, Steve, I don't see how you can so dogmatically say
> this is "the logical thing to do."
It is the logical thing to do, might not be the *practical* thing to
do for every one. But when I navigate to a folder, when did I tell
TB to open the next unread message? I didn't. I told it to open the
folder. So it should open the folder at the same place I had it open
before. This might not be *practical* for *you*, but as I've
outlined above, this saves me lots of headaches when I make a small
mistake, or when I want to cross check across folders and accounts.
> Many people like to read new messages when they go to a folder, not
> old ones.
I like to do both. Otherwise what's the point of keeping old
messages in that folder?
> If that option is not available now, it ought to be made available
> in a new version.
I disagree, but thanks anyway for the suggestion.
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Thanks for writing
Januk
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