[kdepim-users] Moving message to folder when mail is opened

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 10 July 2010, Pascal Bernhard wrote:
> Am Samstag, 10. Juli 2010 22:44:13 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
> > On Saturday 10 July 2010, Pascal Bernhard wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, 10. Juli 2010 19:36:13 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
> > > > For technical reasons moving a message which is shown in a
> > > > separate viewer is not possible. There only Copy To is
> > > > available in the menu.
> > > 
> > > What exactly is this technical reason? It works in Evolution. So
> > > somehow it has to be possible to implement that feature.
> > 
> > Of course, it's possible. Anything is possible when it comes to
> > computers. It's just not possible in KMail due to its current
> > architecture. Thanks to all the refactoring that was done as part
> > of the port to Akonadi it will be technically possible to
> > implement this in KMail2.
> 
> And can we expect KMail2? Given that we are now at around version
> 1.13? I guess that would be about the end of this decade? ;-)
> 
> > > > I doubt that this has ever worked. Which tooltip popup told you
> > > > that it should be possible?
> > > 
> > > I didn't pay that much attention to the popup, but do they have
> > > an ID number, so that I can give some more detail. Next time it
> > > pops up, I will copy the text.
> > 
> > Do you probably mean the Tip of the Day? It says: "Did you know
> > that you can go to the next and previous message by using the
> > right and left arrow keys respectively?" This is true but only for
> > the main window.
> 
> Yes, I meant the "Tip of the Day"
> This is true but only for the main window. Kmail isn't serious, is
> it? This feature is banal, I think this is the least an user can
> expect from a mail application, namely to be able to move to the
> next or previous message when in list view! The option to move to
> the next mail, when having it opened in a separate window has been
> implemented in several mail programs, even in MS Office Outlook for
> nearly a decade or even longer. Difficult to understand that this
> should not have been considered by users and developers alike to be
> an essential feature. I personally do not like previewing messages,
> so I have to close or delete a message before I can go the next one,
> which is just not very efficient, regarding that I receive several
> dozens mails per day, and I want to get over with looking through my
> mail box in a reasonable amount of time.

Man, you are really stretching my nerves. I simply answered your 
questions honestly, but you keep telling me that we, the developers, are 
not thinking about the users. Your comments like "This feature is banal 
[...]" are bordering on being insults. If all other mail programs have 
all of the features you want then why don't you use those mail programs?


Regards,
Ingo
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