The way Gmail groups and sorts conversations is not the same as the way a threaded email client does or did it. Here's a random example of the way almost all t

The way Gmail groups and sorts conversations is not the same as the way a threaded email client does or did it. Here's a random example of the way almost all three-pane, graphical, threaded MUAs looked for years: http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/c/claws_mail-187368-1.jpeg http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/c/claws_mai... Gmail did it differently and was considered innovative. Some people who had always used threaded readers hated and still hate it. Other people like it better, or never used the old way.