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This layout displays information way more efficiently. It makes absolutely no sense to have the email content panel below the email list, because emails don't h

This layout displays information way more efficiently. It makes absolutely no sense to have the email content panel below the email list, because emails don't have that aspect ratio, so you either end up with super zoomed in emails or huge empty borders. Makes no sense. With this, the available space is used more efficiently, and differing font sizes are used to differentiate between different types of text and how important it is. That's more ergonomic as well.

einpoklum 3y ago
> It makes absolutely no sense to have the email content panel below the email list, because emails don't have that aspect ratio, It does make sense, because the list of emails typically requires the full length of your window. And while most emails may not use the full width of the window - some do; and one shouldn't have to open a separate window for those. +--+---------------+ | f| list of | | o| folder emails,| | l| one per line | | d+---------------+ | e| selected email| | r| contents | | s| | +--+---------------+ is the only way to go... for me. I realize that some people like it different and that's fine.
- NoboruWataya 3y ago
  That's my opinion as well. However, given a sufficiently wide screen I think I could get into side-by-side view if I could drastically shrink or even hide the folders pane as I don't use it that often (particularly with a unified folder, which I believe 115 offers). We shall see. Apparently you can keep the legacy view anyway so everyone's happy.
  - einpoklum 3y ago
    No, unhappy, because in addition to the UI warping so far, they've taken away the toolbar; and they're insisting on drawing stuff inside the title bar. And that's in addition to breaking things for extension developers etc.
- Grimm665 3y ago
  Same, since I use Thunderbird tiled next to Teams, this layout is the only real option. Haven't tried the new release yet but hoping to see this in there...
rahen 3y ago
I prefer the traditional layout over the MS Outlook one. It requires less screen estate, and you don't need to open some emails in a separate window to read them at an adequate size.
- silon42 3y ago
  As someone who has Outlook allergy, I hope this won't be an issue in Thunderbird now.

einpoklum 3y ago

> It makes absolutely no sense to have the email content panel below the email list, because emails don't have that aspect ratio, It does make sense, because the list of emails typically requires the full length of your window. And while most emails may not use the full width of the window - some do; and one shouldn't have to open a separate window for those. +--+---------------+ | f| list of | | o| folder emails,| | l| one per line | | d+---------------+ | e| selected email| | r| contents | | s| | +--+---------------+ is the only way to go... for me. I realize that some people like it different and that's fine.

NoboruWataya 3y ago
That's my opinion as well. However, given a sufficiently wide screen I think I could get into side-by-side view if I could drastically shrink or even hide the folders pane as I don't use it that often (particularly with a unified folder, which I believe 115 offers). We shall see. Apparently you can keep the legacy view anyway so everyone's happy.
- einpoklum 3y ago
  No, unhappy, because in addition to the UI warping so far, they've taken away the toolbar; and they're insisting on drawing stuff inside the title bar. And that's in addition to breaking things for extension developers etc.
Grimm665 3y ago
Same, since I use Thunderbird tiled next to Teams, this layout is the only real option. Haven't tried the new release yet but hoping to see this in there...

rahen 3y ago

I prefer the traditional layout over the MS Outlook one. It requires less screen estate, and you don't need to open some emails in a separate window to read them at an adequate size.

silon42 3y ago
As someone who has Outlook allergy, I hope this won't be an issue in Thunderbird now.