Better default toolbar setting

[Frank Osterfeld]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 19:22, Stefan Monov wrote:
> > At work I must many times to forward or redirect a mail.
>
> Good.
> However, Oxygen's (work-in-progress) mail_get, mail_forward and mail_reply
> are easily distinguishable (unlike Crystal SVG's). Compare:
> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/artwork/Oxygen/theme/svg/actions/mai
>l_get.svg?rev=546749
> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/artwork/Oxygen/theme/svg/actions/mai
>l_forward.svg?rev=546749
> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/artwork/Oxygen/theme/svg/actions/mai
>l_reply.svg?rev=546749 Do you agree?
>
> > And many people like to forward "cool" mails to their friends.
>
> Most people do this relatively rarely, so it doesn't justify being on the
> toolbar.
>
> > > > > - only people on very low bandwidth check mail in manually
> > > >
> > > > I don't think so. Me and people I meet check mail manually with band
> > > > width. They receive it periodically, yes, but some times many users
> > > > press in "Receive mail".
> > >
> > > Why do they do it?
> >
> > Examples:
> > - A user has registered himself in a page and need to check the "confirm"
> > mail.
> > - A user has bought a travel and need to print the ticked he will receive
> > attached in a mail.
> > - A user asks by mail to somebody about an important problem, so he needs
> > to check manually the inbox.
>
> An alternative is to decrease the checking interval. What's wrong with
> that?

Well, usually one wouldn't change the check interval to 30 seconds or 1 minute 
just because he /sometimes/ wants to retrieve messages instantly. 
If you want instant fetching, like when receiving something important e.g. by 
someone you are communicating real-time via IM or phone, signing up somewhere 
etc. such a button makes perfect sense. Another case where forced checks make 
sense is in mobile use, when one just wants to check for new mails and do 
nothing else, turn on notebook, check mail, shutdown.

Checking for mail is a "key action" in a mail reader, so I would think thrice 
before removing it from the taskbar just because you guess interval settings 
are widely used.

Also, you make a lot of bold claims what people do how often, I wonder if that 
is backed up by any data or just guessing.

Frank
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