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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Mark as Sent
From:       Till Adam <adam () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-10-31 7:31:21
Message-ID: 200610310831.34498.adam () kde ! org
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On Monday 30 October 2006 23:34, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Sunday 29 October 2006 06:47, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2006 02:22 schrieb Allen Winter:
> > > I noticed while working on some kdepim-3.5.5+ stuff that the
> > > "Mark as Sent" menu item was not inserted into the Mark Message
> > > menu.
> > >
> > > Was this done on purpose?  Or a mistake?
> > > Should I remove all traces of the "Mark as Sent" capability from
> > > KMail?
> >
> > IIRC there has been a decision to remove some stati from the menus
> > to make them more clear (usability-wise). One can argue the Sent
> > status can only be set by KMail after really having sent a message.
> > However in the meantime a lot of people have complained about the
> > reduced capabilities to mark messages (not only via the menus but
> > also in the Set Status filter action. I consider the changes as a
> > step back and would like to see the stati reappear in the menus.
>
> I'm against re-adding them to the menus. Please always remember the
> 80/20 rule. The remaining 20% who might want to use one of the more
> esoteric "Mark as Foo" options can edit the file defining the menu
> layout (kmmainwinrc ?) and/or add the options to the toolbar and/or
> define some keybinding for them. The only thing that's not possible
> is adding those options to the context menus.

For what it's worth, I agree with Ingo.

Till

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