From: Carl Youngblood <carlwork@...>
Date: 2004-12-03T06:59:05+09:00
Subject: Re: SOT gmail invites

Carl Youngblood wrote:

> The conversation system is not the same as a threaded view, by the 
> way.  In the threaded view, you still have to wade through tons of 
> unwanted/previously-seen material before you get to what you want.  
> Thunderbird could really do well if they added something like this.  
> It's probably patented though. 

Some more clarification.  All the threaded views in email clients that 
I've seen order threads by the date of the first message in the thread.  
So if a new message comes in, it gets added to a thread that is halfway 
down the list of threads.  Gmail always puts the conversations with the 
most recent activity at the top of the list.  It is a very thoughtful 
and intuitive interface, regardless of the privacy concerns, and other 
programs would be wise to learn from it.