[Kde-pim] kmail soc branch

[Thorsten Staerk]

> Hi,
>
> On Monday 08 September 2008 01:51:56 Szymon Stefanek wrote:
>> On Sunday 07 September 2008, Sven Burmeister wrote:
>> > - aggregation headings are huge
>>
>> If I understand correctly, you're talking about the group items font.
>>
>> This is only the default. You can change the size of the font in the
>> skin
>> editor. However, I've been guided only by personal taste for assigning
>> the defaults, so maybe people could just vote for the fonts.
>>
>> For sure it may be a good idea to show that different aggregations
>> can use different fonts so I've set the "simple skin" default to use
>> a smaller font (and for now left the "fancy skin" with the huge one).
>
> I agree that the group headers are too large, I like the "simple skin"
> more
> than the "fancy skin". I also think both should be the same for
> consistency
> sake. What bugs me more about group headers is that they are completely
> gray,
> that IMHO is a bit ugly and sticks out a lot.
>
>> > - kmail does not not remember aggregations' open/collapse status when
>> > switching folders or quitting.
>>
>> Hm. This could be an interesting feature... I can add it, but it
>> will have the drawback of eating a lot of configuration space
>> (as for large folders there may be really many groups)...
>>
>> I guess we need a vote here too.
>
> Hmm, the open/closed state of threads is not saved either, probably by
> design.
> So, I'm unsure about this.
>
>> > - aggregating to days when there is only a single email per day seems
>> odd
>>
>> I agree. But how to do better and make everyone happy ?
>>
>> We could add an option to "merge small groups"... but I expect more
>> votes for such a feature as it will require some equilibrism in the
>> aggregation algorithms.
>
> No idea how to best fix this.
> I wonder how Outlook 2003 handles this...
It will result in a group that only contains one mail. It seems even more
odd if you have two kinds of groups ;) Be brave with your decisions!
>
>> > - since there is enough space it might make sense to always show
>> verbose
>> > month - enterprise headers are cut off if one switches from a message
>> > that needs a vertical scroll-bar to one that does not
>>
>> Right, the date format for the groups should be configurable.
>> Adding to the TODO list.
>>
>> Hm.. quick vote: would you prefer to configure them per-skin or globally
>> ?
>
> Globally should be enough I think.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
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