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Personally, I think it's fine to (auto) make it the default,
assuming there is a pref to disable it. In essence it does the same
thing as From and Recipient, so I don't think people will become
that upset about it. If someone comes up with a circumstance where
the new column does LESS than the old implementation, then we should
address that. Otherwise, who cares?<br>
<br>
For example, I more or less used the default columns, which only
included the From field. After the upgrade, all I see is that it
appears to have been renamed to Correspondents. No functionality is
missing, so it was a non-issue. Have you noticed missing
functionality?<br>
<br>
Yes, people don't like change, but compared to my Composer stuff,
this is an extremely minor UI property to fight against. Believe me,
I've had plenty of hate mail from people in the past, and I can
(almost) assure you that no one will start an uprising because of
this. :)<br>
<br>
Josiah Bruner [:JosiahOne]<br>
<small>Thunderbird UX/Front End</small><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/10/2015 4:38 AM, Jörg Knobloch
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:55278C1B.4090602@jorgk.com" type="cite">Hi
all,
<br>
<br>
thanks to Neil a long-standing (15 years!) enhancement request has
finally been implemented in bug 36489.
<br>
<br>
A new column is available which combines the "From" and the
"Recipient" columns.
<br>
<br>
This new column has become the default, so new folders (and
therefore new users) get to see it. It is also used when resetting
the columns to the default. We should publicise the feature in
future release notes, most likely for TB 45.
<br>
<br>
My question is this:
<br>
As currently implemented, the new column automatically replaces
"From" and "Recipient" columns for any existing folder when the
user visits the folder in Thunderbird 39.
<br>
<br>
Personally, I find this "hard sell" of the new feature a little
too aggressive. I would not upgrade existing folders to use the
new column automatically. I would leave it to the users' choice
whether or not they want to use the new column.
<br>
<br>
I was thinking of an article Kent mentioned recently
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://medium.com/@trog/forgetting-firefox-c04dba853263">https://medium.com/@trog/forgetting-firefox-c04dba853263</a>) where
the following is said about Firefox (quote): "What random
interface changes are they going to introduce?"
<br>
I'd just like to avoid the surprise that users will get after
upgrading when their familiar columns suddenly change.
<br>
<br>
What's your opinion?
<br>
<br>
Jorg K.
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