On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Patrick Brisbin <pbrisbin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/17/09 at 01:13pm, Aaron Griffin wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Marc Deop i Argemí >> <damnshock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 19:06:18 Xavier wrote: >> >> Lately I realized I have become way too addicted of the gmail >> >> interface, and in particular the way it handles threads >> >> >> > >> > Would you mind to explain what is addicting you? >> > >> > I specially *dislike* the way gmail puts all the replies at the same level, >> > just to take one example out of my head. >> >> My girlfriend hates the exact same thing. That's one of the things I >> love about it. >> >> Think about it this way: blog comments, forum posts, instant messages, >> and (some) phone text messages work this way - your messages and other >> people's messages are all displayed together, because it's a >> "conversation". I've never seen an IM client that doesn't display what >> I write. Why should email be different? > > I understand seeing your own replies as a benefit (could be solved with > set record = [Gmail]/INBOX in muttrc). But I believe he meant the > branching. > > In gmail's web interface a thread is vertical, sorted by time. However > here in mutt, I can see that I've replied to you in our own little > thread branch. > > I like this better. Personally, with the proper sort, sort_aux, and > record settings in muttrc, I don't see how gmail's got anything on mutt > in the realm of threading. > > That's just me though :) to each their own. Aha, so this is the same as the "threaded vs nested comments" when it comes to web page commenting. As far as I know, that's a holy war no one will ever win.
