Moving Message "Recent Destinations" In Thunderbird No Longer Sorted Alphabetically
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: mozilla, Unassigned)
Details
Steps to reproduce:
Move a message In the 3-pane message window by 1 of these 3 methods:
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Message menu ---> Move To ---> Recent
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Right-click on the message in the Message Header List pane; choose "Move To" ---> "Recent Destinations" from the pop-up menu
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Right-click somewhere within the text of the message in the Message pane; choose "Move To" ---> "Recent Destinations" from the pop-up menu
Actual results:
The "Recent Destinations" list is now ordered by last used with the latest used at the top.
Expected results:
Prior to Thunderbird 146 it was ordered alphabetically.
Having them ordered alphabetically makes more sense, IMHO, because there are 25 items listed. It is easier to scan down the folder list if they are in alphabetical order to see if a folder is already listed there than it is if they are sorted by last-used. (Especially if one has folders of similar names, like "MichaelB", "MichaelD" and "Michael P".)
While it may be handy to have the list sorted by last-used for a few items, it is erratic for a list of 25 items. I suspect most people are like me and cannot remember if they last used a folder 10, 15 or 20 times ago. But if the list was alphabetical (like it use to be) then it would be easy to see if the folder is in the list or not.
FYI, in searching to see if anybody already reported this, I came across this 4-year old bug that actually asks for the list to be sorted by recentness:
Bug 1731539, "Minor UX improvement: sort recent items by recent-ness, not alphabetically"
That bug is still open, however, so I don't know why the change was made in Thunderbird 146.
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Comment 1•9 months ago
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You are not the first to report this, see Bug 2000453.
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