71130 - Mail/news reader Subject etc. header box does not scroll with message

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 47422

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Robin Whittle]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
BuildID:    2001030308

I am reporting a designed in "feature" as bug.  

When reading mail or news, the bottom window has a fixed width shaded section 
for Subject:, From:, Date:, To:, CC: etc.  This does not scroll as the message 
text scrolls, so it reduces the ability of the user to read the message, and 
therefore engourages them to maximise the lower window at the expense of the 
upper.

I see no reason for this box-like header at all - scrollable or otherwise.  I am 
perfectly happy with the way N4.x displays and prints the headers.

A related issue is that this box-like thing is printed.  This involves shaded 
backgrounds, which means:

1 - The text harder to read.  

2 - Toner or ink is wasted.

3 - On an ink-jet, printing takes longer - because the head has
    to traverse the wider box.

4 - On an ink-jet, this area of the page becomes a bit soggy.

5 - On all printers, this area becomes harder to annotate with 
    a pen or pencil.


I understand the desire to distinguish the headers from the body of the message, 
but the lack of scrolling means less screen space and so a severe impediment to 
usage.  On the printed page, I think it achieves nothing and has quite a number 
of drawbacks.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Read an email or news item on screen.

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

This is a DUP.

BTW: I like it the way it is, probably because I'm using the standalone msg window.

Printing is not related.

Comment 2

[basic]

This is a dup of bug 47422

Comment 3

[Daniel Brooks [:db48x]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47422 ***

Comment 4

[laurel]

marking verified as duplicate