[kmail2] [Bug 400964] New: Thread view improvement: plain subthread view

[avlas]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400964

            Bug ID: 400964
           Summary: Thread view improvement: plain subthread view
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 5.9.2
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: message list
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: jsardid at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY

Messages get rapidly hidden in long threads (thread view). This is not a rare
case in collaborative projects and mailing lists. Navigation then becomes
blind.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Go to a thread of 10-100 emails
2. Navigate down the thread in the message list

OBSERVED RESULT

Emails rapidly become invisible because of the right shift from one email to
another down in the thread

EXPECTED RESULT

All emails should be visible in the thread of message list.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

There are probably cool solutions to this like the one implemented by
mailspring and other email clients, but I think a solution easy to implement
given the current architecture would be to right shift only once, from the head
message of the thread to the rest. This would allow differentiating between
messages belonging to a thread from others, while strongly diminishing the
blinding effect.

One can say that it misses information about subthreads, but correct display of
subthreads is tricky and I for one don't care much about them (frankly I think
that not being able to see messages is more important than how subthreads are
organized).

Also, this (plain thread view) could be an additional option to display the
message list (in addition to the current subthread structure).

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.