257720 - mail header summary/body divider bar lacking the snap-down button

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 214361

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[phil]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040809
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040809

"Mozilla" mail client has a memory feature for the divider bar between the
header window and the body window. If you click it in the middle where it has
the little triangles, it snaps down to display only header summaries
(ie: the one-line subject/date/from summary stuff)
Click it again, and it snaps back up to where you had it before.
thunderbird does not have that gizmo.

I REALLY REALLY like this feature. Please add it back.

Given that you guys supposedly share most of the same code with mozilla, I
consider it a "bug" that this functionality is present in full mozilla, but not
thunderbird.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to/duplicate of bug 214361? If so, you could install the mentioned
extension.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[phil]

Okay, fine, it's a duplicate of 214361.
Which has now apparently been closed, so I'm going to leave this one open.,
rather than just "voting" for the closed one.

But I agree with the submitter of that bug. Marking it as "wontfix" is
unjustified. What's the justification for removing the feature?

"I dont like it" is NOT a technical justification!!
So what if scott doesnt use the feature? obviously, others do.

Having to install an "extension" just to get back simple, common-to-other-apps
behaviour, is ludicrous.

Comment 4

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

If it's a dupe, then it's a dupe. I don't expect a WONTFIX to be lifted just because a dupe was filed and left open.

FYI, not everyone is entitled to set a WONTFIX -- it is supposed to be a policy decision. See also bug 214361 comment #5.