[Users] [Bug 3214] [PATCH] Introduce preference to make cursor key up leaves message body optional

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:16:22 +0200
Andrej Kacian <andrej at kacian.sk> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:34:41 +0200
> Michael Gmelin <freebsd at grem.de> wrote:
> 
> > Thinking about it, I would prefer to remove
> > the feature or at the very least make it configurable and disable it
> > by default.
> 
> After some more talking on IRC, it was decided to scrap the whole
> feature. What wouldn't we do for our users! :)

Sounds good to me. Scrolling up a long message, and next thing you know
you're not in the message anymore? Who needs that annoyance? Shift+Tab
goes to the subject, and from there you can shift+tab to the address
fields or the from field.

> P.S.: Cue users who liked the feature and now will miss it dearly. :)

One man's opinion: There should be an overwhelmingly compelling reason
to change something that's already working, and that people have gotten
used to and incorporated into their workflow. I've seen a lot of users
demand all sorts of changes, usually to accommodate their Kmail or OS/x
habits, instead of getting used to the software as it exists. You know
what? They'll get over it. Or go back to Kmail or OS/x. Me, I'd rather
leave things as-is, and concentrate on anything that's universally
desired..

And if something that was already working *is*, it should certainly be
a configuration option so it doesn't mess up the majority who liked
things just the way they were.

By the way, if the Claws compose window had always worked so that up
cursor went to the fields above, and someone suggested keeping it in
the message box, I'd be equally skeptical. My main concern is habit
stability from version to version.

Thanks,

SteveT

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