303200 - can't bypass "splash screen" (with Email, Accounts, Advanced features)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[philiptdotcom]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

I *always* want to go to the "read messages" mode immediately upon invoking
Thunderbird; have looked through every settings option I can find to no avail to
figure out how to bypass this/start in the mode I want.

The default startup mode is an annoyance and a waste of time if you already know
what you want to do (see "splash screens" at
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530_comments.html); obviously, the user can
access all the options presented on the first screen elsewhere at any time, so
having to navigate to/click on "Read messages" superfluous.  There should be
(and may be, but I couldn't find it) a setting--at least that can be set in the
configuration files--to allow the user to specify the default "startup mode."

I'm really trying to love Thunderbird, but once again, "Netscape 4.x had it
right"... and Thunderbird "broke" it.

Thanks, folks, for working to make Thunderbird the "killer mail app"!

Aloha,
[e-mail]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Thunderbird
2. Wish you didn't have to click that "Read messages" menu option
3. Click it anyway (no choice!)

Actual Results:  
forced to click "read messages" menu option

Expected Results:  
allowed user to configure startup mode (e.g., set to automatically go to "read
messages" mode upon startup)

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

Options -> General -> Thunderbird Start Page

Comment 2

[philiptdotcom]

Attachment: this is the screen I'd like to bypass

Comment 3

[philiptdotcom]

Attachment: this is where I'd like to start (see also add'l comments)

The suggested "(Tools ->) Options -> General -> Thunderbird start page" only
adds the "Bookmarks..." section (my bookmarks page); if I UNcheck that option,
this area is blank--but I still have to bypass the initial screen (attachment
named 1-after.jpg).

Comment 4

[philiptdotcom]

Comment on attachment 191455 [details]
this is where I'd like to start (see also add'l comments)

Oops- previous comment should have been (but I can't EDIT it!!):

The suggested "(Tools ->) Options -> General -> Thunderbird start page" only
adds the "Bookmarks..." section (my bookmarks page); if I UNcheck that option,
this area is blank--but I still have to bypass the initial screen (attachment
named 2-after.jpg).

Comment 5

[Markus Faßbender]

When I start TB, I'm in the inbox of my default account.

Do you have any extensions installed. Did you test this behavior with a clean
profile ?

Comment 6

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

It's possible to lose the "default mail account" setting -- double check this by 
going to Account Settings, selecting the account, and clicking "Set as Default" 
if it's available.

Comment 7

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

I would agree that this is no longer an issue, I reach the inbox immediately.

/me waits for more confirmation before resolving.

Comment 8

[Nikolay Shopik]

No more issue from 2.x