[kdepim-users] Re: [opensuse] Kmail preview pane

[Stan Goodman]

On Sunday, April 03, 2011 06:22:39 PM Alan McKinnon Alan McKinnon 
<alan.mckinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 03 April 2011 15:35:40 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 April 2011 09:32:13 Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > > > > If you want to show an HTML message as HTML then you need
> > > > > > to enable "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" for the folder
> > > > > > temporarily.
> > > 
> > > That's a step backward. Clearly, I am not going to reconfigure
> > > Kmail per message received.
> > 
> > HTML mail that is acceptable to you usually comes from specific
> > sources.  I get emails from several companies that I trust, even
> > though they do use HTML
> > 
> > :-) so I have a Newsletter folder and filter all mail from those
> > :companies
> > 
> > into that folder.  That folder is set to display HTML while other
> > mail goes to plain text folders.  The rare times I get an HTML
> > message that isn't from them, I either drag it to that folder, or
> > temporarily enable it, but it's a fairly rare occurrence.  It's no
> > bother this way, and it works perfectly for me.
> 
> Yes, that's very nice but expecting users to jump through those hoops
> is brain dead. Removing the structure view is brain dead.
> 
> Look, think of it like this:
> 
> Mail often consists of various parts. I want to see the parts, then
> cause an obvious action to happen if I click on the name of a part.
> 
> Now, what makes more sense?
> 
> a. A view structure pane
> b. Do some other weird bizarre thing involving filters (Huh? WTF? I
> DON'T WANT TO FILTER THIS STUFF. I WANT TO VIEW IT). And oh yeah,
> the filter will only ever be used once.
> 
> This is my first post here and I usually try to avoid first posts
> being critical ones. But the kdepim devs are showing every sign of
> being brain-dead most notably the one where asking users what they
> think seems to be beyond their capabilities.

All quite right, every word.

Apropos the suggestion of Ingo (checking a preference for HTML viewing), 
can someone tell me where that checkbox is? I remember it in previous 
versions, but I don't see it now. Is it possible that the bathwater has 
got thrown out with the baby?
-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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