Re: OT: deferring gmail's new look
On Tuesday 27 December 2011 02:27:16 Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 25 December 2011 20:19:25 Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > > Still no desktop app is as good as gmail. The searching and
> > > Conversations still have not been done right anywhere else.
> >
> > One man's meat is another man's poison! The Conversations are the single
> > thing I most dislike on GMail. They make such a mess of threading.
>
> I don't understand this comment. That's what conversations *are*, threaded
> messages. It's just another name for "message threading." How does
> message threading -- break message threading?
Because it *isn't* threading. Threading goes by an entry in the header,
conversations ignores the headers and goes by subject. This frequently
breaks threads, which can be very annoying.
So no, it isn't just another name for threading. That is why, I imagine,
GMail doesn't call it threading.
An example: Someone inadvertently fails to give a subject, so that the first
person to reply gives it one, or someone replying feels that the subject line
is wrong or misleading (e.g. just says HELP) and changes it. In both these
cases GMail would separate the two emails and threading would keep them
together.
Lisi
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