[arch-general] Gnome 3 + KDE 4 are both large disappointments.

[Oon-Ee Ng]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Auguste Pop <auguste at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM, SanskritFritz <sanskritfritz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Matthew Gyurgyik <pyther at pyther.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2. Next time, please create a new mail, instead of replying to an existing
>>>> thread and changing the topic
>>>>
>>>
>>> What's wrong with that?
>>>
>> Changing the topic has no effect on the threading in 'real' and
>> 'proper' mail clients, which track threads based on message headers.
>> Of course, those who use gmail don't notice it because google in their
>> infinite wisdom decided to ignore those message headers and thread
>> based on topic =)
>>
>
> by gmail, do you mean the gmail web interface or the gmail mail
> service? i am using the web interface, and has the behavior you
> depicted for gmail. if i use a "real" and "proper" mail client, would
> it be better?
>
Depends what 'better' means. Gmail makes it seem as if the renamed
topic leads to a new thread, but once you're aware of that you can
always just compose a new mail for a new topic (copy-paste isn't that
hard). Gmail's interface is very good for other things, after all.