79985 - Letter icon at left of mail toolbar gets in the way of application use

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 78843

(SeaMonkey :: Themes, defect)

Description

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Yes, it's pretty. Gorgeous even. However it obstructs me from collecting my 
mail. 

The hours lost, clicking the pretty but ineffectual letter icon!

One suggestion that has been raised is as follows:
reverse the direction of the letter, and shift it to the right edge of the 
toolbar, replacing the throbber. I'll attach a 1-minute mockup. I think 
something along these lines would make migration to Modern3-Messenger so much 
easier for users of other mail clients, 4.x, 6.0, and Classic-Messenger ;)

Comment 1

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Attachment: suggested change

Comment 2

[timeless]

thanks for cc'ing me.  Yes it does look nice :-)

Don't forget to fix editor and probably address book.

Comment 3

[Peter Trudelle]

If Netscape is going to pocket-veto this, could we at least get it right in 
Mozilla?

Comment 4

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

Netscape is not vetoing this, work is under way to solve this problem.

Comment 5

[hangas]

sending to Joe

Comment 6

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 78843 ***

Comment 7

[Patty Mac]

Verified dup.