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Re: [Pan-users] Maybe solution of watched color dispute?
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Gollum |
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Re: [Pan-users] Maybe solution of watched color dispute? |
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Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:43:30 +0100 |
Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> Let me explain: if Pan considers watched-read and watched-unread
> messages on the same ground, it means that the "watch" concept does
> not mean, for Pan, "messages whose bodies you must automatically
> download", but "messages which are so important that the distinction
> between read and unread fades". So Pan's meaning for "watched" is
> different from Agent's meaning for "watched".
There is a need to differentiate between unread and read articles
within watched threads:
When being in a hurry, I may mark an interesting thread watched, but
not reading all the messages. When returning to the thread later, I'd
like to read those articles I didn't have time for previously.
I consider it less important if a message within a watched thread is
new or old (but unread).
I do however find it useful to see if an article (or thread) is new,
since I scan the new threads for interesting subjects. I don't
appreciate having to redo that with the old threads.
> **Then the correct fix for that problem is NOT to modify colors for
> watched threads, BUT to introduce a NEW CONCEPT: the "auto-downloaded"
> feature.**
Maybe that's a fix for your problem, but not for mine.
I'd still appreciate a more visible distinction between watched read
and watched unread, preferably by font, colour or brightness.