307214 - Compose pop-up feature skirts version control.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[John Carlton-Foss]

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

Design bug: Because the Compose feature pops up a separate window, it is
possible to create two or possibly more different versions of the same email.  I
just did this for a cover letter for a legal document and sent the wrong
version.  Fortunately the differences between the two versions were not
substantive in this case,  but the problem could be a real showstopper.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Compose message and store.
2.  Bring up copy to edit.
3.  Bring up additional copies to edit.

Actual Results:  
Each copy can be edited separately and sent.  Since there are only small icons
at the bottom of the screen with minimal information for each copy, it is
difficult to discern that one may be working with multiple copies/versions. 
This is a significant problem.

Expected Results:  
It should be possible to edit only one copy.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Expected Results:  
> It should be possible to edit only one copy.

Absolutely not.