From: Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2004-12-04T07:32:57+09:00
Subject: Re: SOT gmail invites

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 06:59:05AM +0900, Carl Youngblood wrote:
> 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.
> 
They probably learned from mutt here :)

Michal Suchanek