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Bug 201129 - folder tree indication of important messages
folder tree indication of important messages
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
: Future
Assigned To: Shreyas Srinivasan
Evolution QA team
evolution[folders]
: 239182 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-01-11 18:19 UTC by Dan Winship
Modified: 2012-01-29 19:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Dan Winship 2001-01-11 18:19:03 UTC 
It might be nice to have the folder tree indicate which folders contain
important messages.

Unfortunately, this is not possible to do quickly on IMAP...
Comment 1 Jeffrey Stedfast 2001-06-14 19:39:32 UTC 
we could make the folder bold to a different color, perhaps red?

this is, of course, after we figure out how to do the technical side
of things ;-)
Comment 2 trow 2001-06-17 01:43:17 UTC 
I'll just be pedantic and note that using color to convey information
is bad GUI design, since it can be a problem for people who are
color-blind.

Maybe an exlamation point ("Inbox!") or asterisks ("*Inbox*") could be
used instead of/in addition to the color-based cue.
Comment 3 Jason Leach 2001-07-12 23:12:17 UTC 
Well the folder tree gives an icon to each folder, so how about an
icon of an envelope with an exclamation (a red one!) on it for folders
with important messages.  Inoring technical concerns :-)
Comment 4 Jeffrey Stedfast 2001-07-13 16:49:44 UTC 
ooh, I like this idea...
Comment 5 Not Zed 2001-10-22 03:52:14 UTC 
I think we need to expand CamelFolderInfo, probably in a subclassable
way as CamelMessageInfo is, and probably even have refcounts and stuff
too.  And be able to save them/restore them from disk.

IMAP can then use it as a cache for when you ask for folderinfo,
particulrly if you get a 'UnMarked' response, as I think some servers
expect that you know the total/unread counts at that point.

And if we do that, we can cache the other stuff like totals, count of
important messages easily.
Comment 6 Sankar P 2005-11-15 05:57:49 UTC 
*** Bug 239182 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 André Klapper 2012-01-29 17:13:47 UTC 
I'm against this, plus users could use vfolders (Search folders) to have an overview of important messages. Unread is more important.

Proposing WONTFIX.
Comment 8 Matthew Barnes 2012-01-29 19:36:51 UTC 
Never seen this bug before but I agree with Andre.  The information conveyed in the folder tree is dense enough as it is.  Use search folders for this.