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

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Sunday 03 April 2011, Alan McKinnon 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.

Your message isn't critical at all. It is outright insulting.

Funny enough the message structure view is still there (in the View 
menu). I was in error when I claimed that it had been removed.

Mr. McKinnon, I expect that you apologize to the KDE PIM developers. You 
should have double-checked before you wrote your unfounded harsh 
criticism and your insults.


Regards,
Ingo
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