Bug 178287

Summary:	Layout is too cluttered
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	sts
Component:	GUI	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kollix, luigi.toscano
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.10.92
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Screenshot

Description sts 2008-12-20 16:23:48 UTC

Version:           1.10.92 (using 4.1.85 (KDE 4.1.85 (KDE 4.2 Beta2)) "release 3.1", KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLE:Desktop / openSUSE_11.1)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27.7-9-default

see attachment for numbers:

1) the info box has a different color scheme and has some useless information like "1 thread 1 message (0 new, 0 unread)"

2) the html-status info looks ugly and breaks the layout. IMHO a No Go by default!

3) also the spam status needs a line. IMHO it can be place to a better position.

4) another useless information in this layout. Multipart or not it's not important for a user.. He search the attachment file and nothing else.

Please give kmail a more simple layout by default!

Comment 1 sts 2008-12-20 16:24:27 UTC

Created attachment 29482 [details]
Screenshot

Comment 2 Thomas McGuire 2009-01-04 14:18:07 UTC

Many of those items are already separate bug reports, but I can't be bothered to find them now :)

Comment 3 Martin Koller 2009-08-05 19:08:14 UTC

ad 1) the color schema is the one KDE4 uses also for tooltips; regarding the information shown ... this lies in the eye of the beholder ...

ad 2) The HTML status bar is not shown by default in KDE 4.3

ad 3 ) the spam status is shown by default in 4.3, but it depends on the mail
you get if it is shown at all.

ad 4) the message structure tree is also not shown by default in 4.3

So what is left is the wish point 3 - make the spam status not use a separate line.

Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2009-08-05 19:17:57 UTC

> ad 4) the message structure tree is also not shown by default in 4.3

That is 4.4 actually, this didn't make it into the 4.3 series because of string changes.

I like the spam status thing, if you want brief header, use the "Brief" or "Standard" header style.

Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 08:13:50 UTC

Thank you for your feature request. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained so we are closing all wishes. Please feel free to reopen a feature request for Kmail2 if it has not already been implemented.
Thank you for your understanding.

Comment 6 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 00:16:58 UTC

Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.