> <quote who="p dont think">
>
>> Well, I hear this. The conflict seems to be that users want to view
> their
>> newest messages at the top of the mailbox listing, but "previous/next"
> >might need to behave in the opposite fashion that it does now. Yuck.
>>Well, if anyone has any bright ideas for how to phrase such a convoluted
>> setting, it could probably be placed in the Display Preferences Options
> >page. What frightens me is the flood of support emails from people who
>> see this setting and make things even more confused...
>
> I can't think of any way to improve it that wouldn't involve way more
> confusion. As an example, we could certainly add a set of buttons that
> would take us to prev/next by date and another set for prev/next by thread
> but what about when the user is reading sorted by sender? Perhaps an
> option at the server config level to change the text of those buttons
> would be enough. Then those that want them to say UP and DOWN can change
> them.
>
To me (and comments from some users) the words 'Previous' and 'Next' seem to
tie very closely to the Date/Time of the message. So the first time I saw it, I just
assumed that's what it meant. After a short time, I realized that it was just going
up and down the list. Since the default installation sorted by received date and put
the newest on top, it just "seems" reversed to me.
If the words were a setting at the server config level, as suggested, that would let
each administrator decide for him/herself. Let the default still be Previous/Next,
but then we can change it if we want to. I might use '<<<' and '>>>', which says
nothing, but is understandable to most users.
-Artee
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