> >Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org>: > >> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org>: >> >>> Quoting Brent <impu...@bitrealm.com>: >>> >>>> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slus...@horde.org>: >>>>> >>>>> Quoting Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jaro...@intra2net.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Brent, >>>>>> >>>>>>> So, when you compose a new message in imp 6.1.4, it now >>>>>>> defaults to opening the compose window full height...1200 >>>>>>> pixels on the desktop in my case. I can't see a way to change >>>>>>> it. >>>>>> >>>>>> to clarify the matter of the 1200 pixels: Do you think any >>>>>> window height larger than f.e. 1000 pixels is just too much text area? >>>>>> >>>>>> Or do you want to say the window is 1200 pixels >>>>>> and sits directly next to the taskbar / overlaps the taskbar? >>>>>> >>>>>> In my workflow I usually run Firefox with the max possible window size. >>>>>> Therefore new messages also use the max possible window size. >>>>>> >>>>>> How do you normally access imp? Full window size? >>>>> >>>>> This shouldn't matter though (i.e. full window size). The sizing >>>>> of the compose window is completely independent from the size of >>>>> any browser window. >>>>> >>>>> The compose window is sized in relation to the size of the >>>>> *screen*. It will be sized at the screen height minus any UI >>>>> Chrome (i.e. Windows taskbar) minus 50 pixels. >>>>> >>>>> The problem I believe Thomas is reporting is that he has a >>>>> browser that is not correctly removing the size of the UI chrome. >>>>> That's what I am asking about in terms of working around these >>>>> broken browsers (I can't reproduce this on any browser in either >>>>> Windows 7 or WinXP). >>>>> >>>>> michael >>>> >>>> I have an 1920x1200 screen. I never run any app full screen as that >>>> just wastes space. I typically run my browser around 1024x800-ish. >>>> The initial compose window opens the size I expect (828x683), but >>>> then tries to fill the screen from top to bottom (I run the start bar >>>> at the side, so it doesn't quite make it to the bottom) and is now a >>>> compose window of 828x1150. >>>> >>>> It is probably all by design, but I'm not a fan of the design. >>> >>> This is correct behavior. If you don't like the design decision, >>> you can always hack the source. >> >> After all, the previous decision made less sense (it was just an >> arbitrary size value). Especially if you had a bunch of addresses, >> you had very little space to compose without scrolling. The new >> behavior is a much more reasonable default as you can see more of >> your message body at once. >> >> michael > >If using Outlook (I know...I know), and you reply to a message, it >opens in a size that was last used to compose a message. One could, I >suppose, use a cookie to store the window size used in the Compose >window and always use that value. I don't think that selecting max >height minus 50 pixels is a good solution, it should be more flexible. > >brent
I have to agree with Brent, why not letting users to do what they need/want/like? If it's not a big deal to save a window size, let's do it! :) azur -- imp mailing list Frequently Asked Questions: http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ To unsubscribe, mail: imp-unsubscr...@lists.horde.org
