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-In Thunderbird 3, {{Bug|480623}} moves compact header view to an extension. Please list use cases where compact header is helpful or desirable. A use case in this context should ideally include the type of user, type of mail and circumstances or work flow implications, in a simple short one or two sentence statement. It can be assumed that ______?  The goal is to collect information which can later be organized, discussed, and used to improve how compact header view is supported. Discussion and arguing for one's position here is a non-goal.
+In Thunderbird 3, {{Bug|480623}} moves compact header view to an extension. Please list use cases where compact header is helpful and/or normal message header gets in the way. A use case in this context should ideally include the type of user, type of mail and circumstances or work flow implications.  The goal is to collect information which will later be organized, discussed, and used to improve how compact header view is supported. Discussion and promoting one's position is a non-goal. A simple short one or two sentence statement is sufficient.
-A very generic example: average mail user who never uses message manipulation or action buttons, and does all message work via keyboard and mouse drags
+= Use Cases =
-= Use Cases =
+* bugmail - for a triager processing incoming bugmail most of the standard header information is not useful (To/From, etc), often much of the top of a bugmail is not very useful, and extensions like [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/9584 bugmail extension] need a couple lines to display bug details from mail header and other sources (eg bugzilla). Reducing header space would result in less initial scrolling of each bugmail.
-* bugmail - most of the standard header information is not useful (To/From, etc), and all space is better used for bugmail text and extensions like [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/9584 bugmail extension] to display details of the bug from mail header and other sources (eg bugzilla)
+* <add your use case>
-*
 = References =
 * [API doc] (not yet available)
 * {{Bug|480623}} - move compact message header view to an extension