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* Reading e-mails on smaller screens (e.g., the very popular netbooks) is very painful with the huge header. | * Reading e-mails on smaller screens (e.g., the very popular netbooks) is very painful with the huge header. | ||
* Reading the vast majority of emails where most header information is superfluous and displaying it in an expanded method is a waste of screen real estate. | * Reading the vast majority of emails where most header information is superfluous and displaying it in an expanded method is a waste of screen real estate. (e.g. content-transfer-encoding) | ||
* Reading the vast majority of emails/newsgroup postings where redundant information is presented - e.g. date header, references header in threaded mode | |||
* Older computers, often used in developing countries, require simpler user interfaces. All that extra drawing takes a huge toll on the speed of the computer. | * Older computers, often used in developing countries, require simpler user interfaces. All that extra drawing takes a huge toll on the speed of the computer. | ||
* When scanning a folder/newsgroup only for 'interesting' threads, need to be able to view the content and also easily scan the thread titles, rather than having a third of my vertical screen space taken up with the headers (see [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~bbaetz/wasted-thunderbird-space.png]]) | |||
= Notes and Assumptions = | = Notes and Assumptions = | ||