[Users] [Bug 3297] mark thread read

[blind Pete]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:47:09 +0200
Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 02:55:27PM +1100, blind Pete wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:37:52 +0000
> > noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk wrote:
> > 
> > > http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3297
> > > 
> > > Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> changed:
> > > 
> > >            What    |Removed                     |Added
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >            Severity|normal                      |enhancement
> > > 
> > > --- Comment #1 from Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> ---
> > > "this one-selected-line represents all messages in the thread
> > > because it is folded" is purely your own interpretation.
> > 
> > This is a User Interface design question.  
> > 
> > The UI should be simple, clear and unambiguous.  If there is any
> > need, or even possibility, of interpretation, then there is room for
> > improvement.  
> 
> Current menu reads (modulo accelerators):
> 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜
> ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┼────────────────────┐
> │  Mark      〉│  Mark              │
> 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 │  Unmark            │
>                ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┤
>                │  Mark as unread    │
>                │  Mark as read      │
>                ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┤
>                │  Mark all read     │
>                ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┤
>                │  Ignore thread     │
>                │  Unignore thread   │
>                │  Watch thread      │
>                │  Unwatch thread    │
>                ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┤
>                │  Mark as spam      │
>                │  Mark as ham       │
>                ├┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┤
>                │  Lock              │
>                │  Unlock            │
>                └────────────────────┘
> 
> While grouping could be somehow improved, what makes you think that
> options not surnamed with ‘thread’ do apply to threads?

The OP obviously thought that an option not surnamed with 'thread' 
should apply to a thread - he submitted a bug report about it.  

Noreply wrote that it was a matter of interpretation.  My point is 
that making UI choices unambiguous is generally a good thing.  

> Repeating ‘message’ everywhere only clutters it more IMO.

Yes, clutter is bad.  

The suggestions were intellectual jumping off points only, 
hopefully someone will see something practical in one of 
them.  


-- 
testing
bP
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