X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fsup%2Fa-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn;h=7358f9fcde581fd80a5e35340c0d940faa53a18c;hb=dea5bca3d4a058e4af22eb8cf5e48d344c103101;hp=54c1e93cd4923cb856959deec8972c4d40c835af;hpb=0a8af973b652cdfa30aa809586125fc5df67ed04;p=cworth.org diff --git a/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn b/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn index 54c1e93..7358f9f 100644 --- a/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn +++ b/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn @@ -89,13 +89,20 @@ the learning-based approaches). It also does a few things I hadn't specified, such as displaying email in a full-thread nested view, (rather than one message at a time), with quoted elements and signatures folded out of view until the user -asks to see them. +asks to see them. Another nice touch is that the single-line +presentation of a thread includes the first names of participants in +the thread, (with bold names to indicate unread messages). This +provides some of the essential information needed for applying Joey +Hess's [thread +patterns](http://joey.kitenet.net/blog/entry/thread_patterns/), but +without the tree view at this point. [Note: I have been told that several of the above features are also implemented in gmail. I've never tried gmail myself, since it fails to -provide some even more fundamental features: 1. offline usage, -2. personal ownership of email storage, 3. free-software -implementation for customization. +provide some even more fundamental features: 1. offline +usage, (thanks to both Mark and Greg for pointing out that gmail +has offline support in beta via gears) 2. personal ownership of email +storage, 3. free-software implementation for customization.] In the few days I've been using sup, it's definitely transformed the way I process mail. Keeping my inbox empty is simple now, and I now