Subject: Up/Down vs Forward/Back

From: James Cummings <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:32:51 +0000 (GMT)

Is the inconsistency between shuffling
Filter Rules (where it asks for Up/Down) and
incoming mailboxes (where it asks for Forward/Back)
intentional?  Wouldn't it be easier if these were
all the same? (I like up/down personally.)

Also, with Filter rules, has the idea of being able to
group them been considered?  I have a lot of them, and
it would be useful to me to say "ok, here are all the ones
that deal with weblogs" "there are all the ones that deal
with mailing lists", etc.  Obviously I can shuffle these
so that they are all next to each other, but after you get
a screenful or two of rules this gets fiddly.

-James
(ps: Finding new mail in collections fine now. mea culpa.)

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From: Ryan Barrett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:24:05 -0800 (PST)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, James Cummings wrote:
>
> Is the inconsistency between shuffling Filter Rules (where it asks for
> Up/Down) and incoming mailboxes (where it asks for Forward/Back)

i'm far from an expert on this, but i'd guess it's because filter rules
are always listed one per line, but incoming folders (like regular
folders) are listed left-to-right, and continue on the next line.

if your incoming folder nicknames are long, or you read mail on a small
terminal, you might only see one folder per line. if so, you might not
have noticed this distinction.

-Ryan

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From: James Cummings <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:46:50 +0000 (GMT)

> folders) are listed left-to-right, and continue on the next line.

Both are listed one per line in my setup.
This is something users can configure. I prefer them to have a line
each.

> have noticed this distinction.

Nicknames are short, and my xterms can be quite large.

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