Re: Recovering Thunderbird's folder pane

On 26/08/2011 12:05 PM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 8/26/2011 10:06 AM, Blake Winton wrote:
>> On 11-08-26 10:45 , Ron Hunter wrote:
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>> As of Thunderbird 6, the Quick Filter Bar is toggleable in View »
>> Toolbars » Quick Filter Bar. :)

OK, will take advantage of this when I upgrade.

>>> I would like to see the Quickfilter made optional, or at least
>>> customizable.
>>
>> By "optional", do you mean that you can toggle it on and off, because
>> you can already do that… (Or do you mean something else?)
>>
>>> Several of the items there I have never used, and I can't
>>> justify the space for the remaining items, which are just duplicates of
>>> what I already have on my menu bar.
>>
>> What sort of things on the Quick Filter Bar are duplicates of things on
>> your menu bar? I didn't think that we had the capability to filter
>> things from the menu bar…
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Blake.
> I almost never filter anything, so that isn't a consideration. I NEVER
> use tags, for instance, so I don't want it in the way. I DO sometimes do
> a filter/search, and would like to move that up to the menu bar, where I
> have plenty of space, rather than it taking room above my message headers.
> I also never use 'starred', so it could go. I already have 'unread' on
> my menu bar, so it is redundant.
> If I want 'contacts', I will select it in the Write window, and I have
> 'address book' on my menu bar. Redundant.

I agree with Ron, several things are duplicated unnecessarily.

In most respects, Thunderbird works very well.

HTH
Wolf K.