On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 11:21:40AM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 02:46:07AM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:22:00AM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:
> > > I use / ~b for searching in IMAP folder.
> >
> > Yeah, but what if you have 50 folders, and
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 05:38:48PM -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> On 10/3/2013 3:34 PM, Will Fiveash wrote:
> > Isn't there an existing MUA that already meets the needs of disabled
> >users?
>
> spend a week in my microphone and see just how current software royally
> f*&(#ds us crips over.
Th
On 10/3/2013 3:34 PM, Will Fiveash wrote:
My concern is that mutt works very well for me in its current state.
If the process of separating mutt as you describe has a regressive
impact on the current text based UI I would be very unhappy.
understood. I do not want to make you unhappy.
Isn'
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:18:29PM -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> the unix philosophy, like windows also fails the need of the disabled people
> (like me). OTOH, MH was surprisingly friendly to speech recognition. I've
> been thinking about how UI's fail the disabled for a few (20) years and ha
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:22:00AM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:03:44AM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
>
> I use / ~b for searching in IMAP folder.
> Newer IMAP versions support server-side searching
> but AFAIK mutt doesn't support this (XXX: one more
> wishlist item).
On 10/3/2013 8:59 AM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
however, the unix philosophy (at least as actually lived by its strict
adherents) *totally* fails the requirements of modern end-user computing:
the unix philosophy, like windows also fails the need of the disabled
people (like me). OTOH, MH wa
Well,
if you don't mind, I would try to make a small intermediate aggregation
of the current topics discussed regarding the purpose of this discussion
(which is solving the declining vitality of the mutt project).
Except for many examples of technical stuff, patches and situations
where the proje
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:04:46PM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:
> The "old" design you talk about comes from UNIX
> concepts which power all the iThings, Androids and
> Kindles you most probably use and adore yourself.
>
of course somebody had to say that.
i call BullShit! on it.
the Unix Philos
> There is of course a wishlist -
> * scripting
I didn't even consider trying to fold in scripting to mutt, because
it seemed like it would be such a mammoth task, and such a significant change
for the project that it didn't seem like it would be either welcome
or easy.
I continue to use
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 09:01:55AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> Considering mutt's maturity in it's *intended* design, improvements and/or
> changes in direction greatly diminish one's expections of major changes
> are not and cannot be seen which would give the impression of a loss of
> "vita
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 02:46:07AM -0500, Derek
Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:22:00AM +0300,
> Alexander Gattin wrote:
> > I use / ~b for searching in IMAP folder.
>
> Yeah, but what if you have 50 folders, and you
> don't know which one the message you're looking
> for is in?
Usual
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:22:00AM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:03:44AM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> > In Mutt's context, the Unix philosophy works very well for things
> > like handling e-mail attachments, but it works much less well for
> > things that are inherent
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:03:44AM -0500, Derek
Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:04:46PM +0300,
> Alexander Gattin wrote:
> > The "old" design you talk about comes from UNIX
> > concepts which power all the iThings, Androids and
> > Kindles you most probably use and adore yourself.
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>
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