Please someone. Just listen. All my email problems will be solved if you just make a plugin for Thunderbird that groups all emails (recieved and sent) according to who they're from and to. If I had cancer and the make-a-wish foundation asked me what I wanted, that's what I would ask for. That exact thunderbird plugin.
To be more exact, You know how message boards work? There's a forum which contains threads and those threads contain replies to the thread. Everytime there's a new reply in one of the threads, that thread gets bumped up to the top of that forum. Imagine that every contact you email or or every contact that emails you, is a thread, and all your emails are replies in that thread. That way everything's grouped under some kind of contact. And previous conversations are easy to find.
If there's any justice in this world, I will get my plugin one day. (That and Sony Pictures must finally release the full soundtrack to Resident Evil 2002)
I have a similar idea for managing contacts where the contact is "bumped" up whenever any type of communication is made (send/receive phone calls, emails, SMS's, etc)
Less important contacts naturally settle to the bottom. You can scan the list once in a while for people you've neglected but wish to keep in touch with.
Interestingly, KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in Korea, organizes your chat rooms like this and I use it much more than the alphabetical list of contacts.
My make-a-wish request would be some standard protocol to translate threaded discussions such as from here and Reddit into an NNTP feed. Back in my early 90s college days, I could rip through an amazing amount of content in a short amount of time. The half-dozen or so keys in trn or tnn, combined with thread filters, made this kind of content consumption so incredibly efficient that I sorely miss an interface today.
If you want the plugin that bad...build it. Regarding the threads, that just sounds like it would add confusion. How do you respond to a specific email/reply in one of your threads? Also, to me, the problem in email doesn't lie in the emails you receive on a regular basis from the same people. It's all the other emails.
5 years of trying to program has resulted in nothing. I can't. I want to but I can't. I've wasted enough time trying to learn. Not everyone can be a programmer (although programmers disagree).
"How do you respond to a specific email/reply in one of your threads?"
You just reply to it, it still has a subject. It's just that in your inbox all the emails (regardless of subject) are grouped under the sender you're communicating with.
Here's what your inbox would look like:
========== INBOX ==========
Chris Norstrom >> Re: What would the inbox look like (from Chris Norstrom) 3/12/2013
<< What would the inbox look like (from you) 3/11/2013
>> Lets meet on Sunday (from Chris Norstrom) 3/10/2013
<< Re: Good to see you again (from you) 3/9/2013
>> Re: Good to see you again (from Chris Norstrom) 3/8/2013
<< Good to see you again (from you) 3/7/2013
Dave Weinhardt >> Re: bla bla bla this is an email subject (from Dave Weinhardt) 3/6/02013
Amy Pohlerofsky << Mario Party gathering Friday, don't invite Tom. (from You) 3/5/2013
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Please someone. Just listen. All my email problems will be solved if you just make a plugin for Thunderbird that groups all emails (recieved and sent) according to who they're from and to. If I had cancer and the make-a-wish foundation asked me what I wanted, that's what I would ask for. That exact thunderbird plugin.
To be more exact, You know how message boards work? There's a forum which contains threads and those threads contain replies to the thread. Everytime there's a new reply in one of the threads, that thread gets bumped up to the top of that forum. Imagine that every contact you email or or every contact that emails you, is a thread, and all your emails are replies in that thread. That way everything's grouped under some kind of contact. And previous conversations are easy to find.
If there's any justice in this world, I will get my plugin one day. (That and Sony Pictures must finally release the full soundtrack to Resident Evil 2002)
I have a similar idea for managing contacts where the contact is "bumped" up whenever any type of communication is made (send/receive phone calls, emails, SMS's, etc)
Less important contacts naturally settle to the bottom. You can scan the list once in a while for people you've neglected but wish to keep in touch with.
Interestingly, KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in Korea, organizes your chat rooms like this and I use it much more than the alphabetical list of contacts.
YES! This.
My make-a-wish request would be some standard protocol to translate threaded discussions such as from here and Reddit into an NNTP feed. Back in my early 90s college days, I could rip through an amazing amount of content in a short amount of time. The half-dozen or so keys in trn or tnn, combined with thread filters, made this kind of content consumption so incredibly efficient that I sorely miss an interface today.
If you want the plugin that bad...build it. Regarding the threads, that just sounds like it would add confusion. How do you respond to a specific email/reply in one of your threads? Also, to me, the problem in email doesn't lie in the emails you receive on a regular basis from the same people. It's all the other emails.
5 years of trying to program has resulted in nothing. I can't. I want to but I can't. I've wasted enough time trying to learn. Not everyone can be a programmer (although programmers disagree).
"How do you respond to a specific email/reply in one of your threads?"
You just reply to it, it still has a subject. It's just that in your inbox all the emails (regardless of subject) are grouped under the sender you're communicating with.
Here's what your inbox would look like:
========== INBOX ==========
Chris Norstrom >> Re: What would the inbox look like (from Chris Norstrom) 3/12/2013
Dave Weinhardt >> Re: bla bla bla this is an email subject (from Dave Weinhardt) 3/6/02013Amy Pohlerofsky << Mario Party gathering Friday, don't invite Tom. (from You) 3/5/2013
Well, we're not a Thunderbird plugin, but you're getting warm. :)