64477 - collapsed threads should be bold if they have any unread messages

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

thanks to pink for point this out.

Comment 1

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

4.x uses underlining, rather than bold, if the thread's parent is read but one or 
more of its children are unread. I'd prefer this behavior, rather than making the 
parent message look unread when it's not.

Comment 2

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

4.x linux uses bold.

jglick, comments?

accepting.

Comment 3

[jglick]

4.x Windows doesn't bold the text, but changes the icon of the parent to include 
the green arrow.

Comment 4

[scottputterman]

I'm marking WONTFIX.  Making it look unread will be confusing.  Right now we
have a couple of things that let you know you have unread messages.  We have a
thread icon that changes and we have an unread message count that won't be 0 if
there are unread messages.

Comment 5

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Underlining doesn't look unread, but gets the `this thread contains unread 
messages' idea across much better than just the green arrow does. Try 4.x for Mac 
sometime -- it's groovy.

Comment 6

[jglick]

I think using the bolding is bad because the parent message isn't unread. I also 
think changing the icon to have the green arrow is bad because we are using the 
green arrow in Mail to mean "Newest" messages (which is also unread, but unread 
doesn't always equal "newest").  Underlining seems to work ok.

Comment 7

[fenella]

Ok.