[kmail2] [Bug 393421] No ability to hide the HTML Message Status Bar

[Martin Steigerwald]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393421

Martin Steigerwald <Martin at Lichtvoll.de> changed:

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--- Comment #57 from Martin Steigerwald <Martin at Lichtvoll.de> ---
Nate, I agree that the current solution looks quite out of place.

There is the writing "no HTML message" black on white when the message just has
no HTML part. There is the writing "clear text message" black on white, when it
has one but the cleartext part is shown. There is the writing "HTML message"
white on black when the HTML part is shown. And then there is a bug when
switching from HTML part back to clear text part, it still display "HTML
message" white on black.

So first the choice of colors IMHO is just ugly. The colors do not blend well
with Breeze Dark theme. The white on black "HTML message" bar totally looks out
of place. Second it has three states, while for the user only one information
is important: Is what is currently viewed HTML or is it not. With the option
that when both clear text and HTML are available, that HTML status bar allows
to toggle.

In addition in my KMail configuration for security reason I do not even let it
render HTML without my prior confirmation. Thus I have a box with red frame at
the top of the mail with "Note: This is an HTML message. For security reasons,
only the raw HTML code is shown. […]" giving me the option to enable HTML
rendering in case I trust the sender. In case KMail is configured like this the
vertical bar is completely superfluous. I believe with good user interface
design it might be possible to merge both this box and the HTML status bar into
one and make it less intrusive.

Laurent, Christoph, I kindly ask you to reconsider and at ask for input from
VDG team. And if on it, it might be good when VDG people look through the rest
of the application as well. Thus I'd reopen the bug and set usability tag.

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