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Subject: [kdepim-users] Re: [opensuse] Kmail preview pane
From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: 2011-04-03 21:47:30
Message-ID: 201104032347.30732 () thufir ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Sunday 03 April 2011, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 03 April 2011 15:35:40 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 April 2011 09:32:13 Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > > > > If you want to show an HTML message as HTML then you need
> > > > > > to enable "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" for the folder
> > > > > > temporarily.
> > >
> > > That's a step backward. Clearly, I am not going to reconfigure
> > > Kmail per message received.
> >
> > HTML mail that is acceptable to you usually comes from specific
> > sources. I get emails from several companies that I trust, even
> > though they do use HTML
> >
> > :-) so I have a Newsletter folder and filter all mail from those
> > :companies
> >
> > into that folder. That folder is set to display HTML while other
> > mail goes to plain text folders. The rare times I get an HTML
> > message that isn't from them, I either drag it to that folder, or
> > temporarily enable it, but it's a fairly rare occurrence. It's no
> > bother this way, and it works perfectly for me.
>
> Yes, that's very nice but expecting users to jump through those hoops
> is brain dead. Removing the structure view is brain dead.
>
> Look, think of it like this:
>
> Mail often consists of various parts. I want to see the parts, then
> cause an obvious action to happen if I click on the name of a part.
>
> Now, what makes more sense?
>
> a. A view structure pane
> b. Do some other weird bizarre thing involving filters (Huh? WTF? I
> DON'T WANT TO FILTER THIS STUFF. I WANT TO VIEW IT). And oh yeah,
> the filter will only ever be used once.
>
> This is my first post here and I usually try to avoid first posts
> being critical ones. But the kdepim devs are showing every sign of
> being brain-dead most notably the one where asking users what they
> think seems to be beyond their capabilities.
Your message isn't critical at all. It is outright insulting.
Funny enough the message structure view is still there (in the View
menu). I was in error when I claimed that it had been removed.
Mr. McKinnon, I expect that you apologize to the KDE PIM developers. You
should have double-checked before you wrote your unfounded harsh
criticism and your insults.
Regards,
Ingo
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