On Mon, 01 May 2000 02:52:40 +0300, Cristian Secara wrote:
> Strange concept for this "next". When opening a message in separate
> window, there are two icons with envelopes and two arrows - left and
> right. The mouse popup says "previous" and "next".
> Previous ? Next ? In what sense ?
> For me, if sorting by date, "next" should be the more recent message -
> no, this does not happens.
> If sorting by name, "next" should be next letter in that field - yes,
> it happens.
> If sorting by subject, "next" should be next letter in that field - no,
> this does not happens.
> It were more intuitive "up" and "down", meaning moving the marker up or
> down in the main messages list.
> This should be independent in respect for the ascending or descending
> sort order ("up" should be a physical "up" in that list).
> Alternatively, let the user define what "next" means.
> In short, at present, I find it unusable.
The toolbar buttons that you speak about move you among messages as they
appear in the list. It ignores message listing based on any user defined
criteria. This is the only way to maintain consistency and predictability
of what it means to use them and it's the same thing with the keyboard up
and down arrow keys. CTRl+] moves you to the next unread message as it
appears in the list going in a descending fashion (up to down when looking
at the list on the screen). This is a basic convention. Have you met
behaviour in an application that's contrary to this?
I manipulate the sort order so that the navigational keys assist me best.
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