I downloaded 8/24's build and got to see the new folder pane for the first time. It's nice to have the option to show the folder count columns but it really destroys the folder pane. I created a new profile to see what the defaults are and it's very hard to use. The new profile only showed the first two letters of my account name and when it discovered folders it only showed the folder icon and no letters in any of the folder names. This is a really bad user experience. I would suggest either hiding the folder count columns by default or making the folder sidebar much wider by default.

From bug: 54171 >------- Additional Comments From jglick@netscape.com 2001-08-15 15:16 ------- > >Using 2001081504 build. Total and Unread columns are being shown by default. >Would like to see them hidden by default (show only the name column)to avoid >confusing novic users who don't know how to make them go away. >Shall I file a separate bug for this? > > >------- Additional Comments From Seth Spitzer 2001-08-15 15:29 ------- > >those columns are hidden by default for a new profile. > >(they are for mozilla, and will be for ns as soon as I update the commercial >version of localstore.rdf) Bugscape 8923 is a dup of this bug. Can we make the Total and Unread columns off by default even for existing profiles?

I think its important that we turn off Total and Unread columns by default even for existing profiles. As folks are getting new builds, i've gotten several comments about these columns being overwhelming.

I agree. And this bug is in fact a duplicate...

Marking nsbranch so the default behavior mirrors 6.1 behavior. Additional comments in Bugscape # 8923.

Can we consider to fix this for nsbranch? (hopefully, will get approval). I've gotten a few "what is this in my folder pane and how do I fix it" questions so it's a common source of confusion. Thanks

plussing.

I agree. It looks like this is finally the bug (after the DUPs and such) that this can happen. I think mscott's original plan was to wait for the branch for this anyhow. mscott?

Really adding the plus for mscott.

Kevin, did you intentionally mean to take away my nsBranch+ and .9.5 status or was that by accident =)? kmurray@netscape.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords|nsbranch+ |nsbranch Target Milestone|mozilla0.9.5 |---

The streams were crossed. :-) My bad - although I knew you wouldn't be too mad at me.

I agree, this is bad. I'm working on a generic way to fix localstore.rdf items (persisted items) to existing profiles, as I'm sure this will come up again.

the plan will be to disable them for existing profiles

testing a potential fix now. it would have been better if I would have fixed this when I landed the folder pane / rdfliner branch. my fix will benefit users who are currently running builds without the folderpane outliner. once they switch to a build with the outliner, they'd get my fix. my fix will hurt any existing users who are running builds since the folder pane rdfliner branch landed, and who have *not* hidden the unread and total columns. (my fix is going to hide those columns once, using a folder pane version pref.) I landed the folder pane outliner on 2001-08-14, so that mean anyone who has used a build since then and didn't hide those columns when they first appeared would be hurt. but that window is small enough for me.

Comment on attachment 50309 [details] [diff] [review] patch r=mscott

this has sr=bienvenu

check it in - PDT+

fixed on both branch and trunk. to verify: 1) create a new profile with a build prior to 8-14, set up mail, exit. 2) launch a build from yesterday, and you'll see the the unread and total columns. do #1 and #2 again, but this time use a build with this fix. you won't see the unread and total columns after upgrading.

Branch build 2001-09-24-03: WinMe, fixed. Branch build 2001-09-24-04: Linux RH 7.1, fixed. Branch build 2001-09-24-05: Mac 9.1, fixed. Adding "vtrunk" to keywords so that it is also checked on a trunk build.

Trunk build 2001-11-19: Linux RH 7.1 Verified Fixed.