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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by tristian on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @12:10AM (#65121)
I've always wanted to be able to write notes on top of emails I receive. So say I receive an email about a new bug, I could just jot down more details into another layer on top that email in transparent font/colour. I've noticed other people often print out emails and do something like this with a red marker.

I use Thunderbird and I've thought about digging around in the source to see if this is possible. It's not something I've found time to do though.

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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by SwellJoe on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @12:20AM (#65125)
That's a pretty nifty idea. I frequently use email as my todo list (though I really shouldn't...I've been trying to do the email zero thing, but I'm back up to 1000 or so messages in my box again, two weeks after starting).
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by jgrahamc on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @04:40AM (#65193)
I do use email as my TODO list, but I publish the length of the queue for all to see. Makes me deal with stuff just knowing that anyone could be looking.

http://www.jgc.org/blog/2007/06/measuring-my-inbox-depth.htm...

John.

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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by SwellJoe on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:52AM (#65206)
I didn't know about TB-QuickMove, but have wanted that capability forever. Thanks!
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by jackdied on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @02:13AM (#65158)
I do just that with mutt. To add notes to an email hit 'e' and it fires up the raw email in emacs (or your favorite editor). Just add comments and save it.

Mutt doesn't have a fancy UI but it is fast. It has no problem handling the 150k+ in my inbox (mostly unread). I know some people that swear by pine and for all the same reasons. YMMV.

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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by yters on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @04:23AM (#65186)
Most UI problems are a lack of interoperability. All solved with emacs and flat text.
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by rms on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:10AM (#65196)
>Most UI problems are a lack of interoperability.

Most of your UI problems are a lack of interoperability.

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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by yters on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @08:55AM (#65236)
In terms of capabilities that users want, I'm right. In terms of making the UI intuitive for the common user, obviously my solution isn't the answer.
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by c4rider on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @07:12PM (#65545)
If you use thunderbird there is an add-on called Xnote that does just that.
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by cstejerean on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @02:03AM (#65690)
If you're stuck on Windows Outlook lets you edit any message (and you can have what you write be in a different color). It was a neat trick I used a couple of years ago.
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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by louisadekoya on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @07:31AM (#65215)
Check out Lunarr - I think they do something similar.
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