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Sure will Seth, no problem.

I already got a fresh bug request for the QF1.6 menu colors in Postbox (it seems to ignore background color and background image on menupopup items) so I might upload a fix or workaround (1.6.1) before the reviewers get to it! Versions, Versions, Versions. Today I am adding Seamonkey to the mix, version 2.0 will be released in a weeks time!

Interesting times!!
regards
Axel – axel.grude, on October 25, 2009 18:11

Another thing about the menu colors - at the moment Postbox ignores the background styling on the active menus - there should be a yellow gradient background for the folder items, like on the Thunderbird version - the red looks quite readable on that. Will look into this. BTW Mozdev is currently out I don't exactly know why - so no bug reports possible at the moment :(. – axel.grude, on October 25, 2009 14:09

Write a useful Thunderbid / Postbox extension and then contact them about a developer license. worked for me ;-)
to give you some ideas have a look at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun... – axel.grude, on October 25, 2009 13:44

IF you want favourites and still retain verticla screen space in the already overcrowded left panel, try the QuickFolders extension which takes a different approach. – axel.grude, on October 25, 2009 13:42

you mean they don't work looks like Postbox doesn't allow my keyboard listener at the moment - also Postbox uses a lot more keyboard shortcuts than Thunderbird "out of the box" - so I am not really sure how to workaround that at the moment.

You can help by filling a bug report for Quickfolders under Postbox here:

http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/bugs.html

just make sure its a Postbox related bug in the subject line.

Also no harm in getting in touch with the feedback page at postbox to see what their opinion on using these number shortcuts is:
http://www.postbox-inc.com/feedback

My feeling is that if they are instrumental to the usage of Postbox, maybe QuickFolders should disable them there. I personally keep constantly changing the order of mine with the mouse so fixed shortcuts by position would not be helpful to me. Its just one of those features of the original version (QF 0.6) that I kept for backwards compatibility.

Sure, you can find it here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun...

regards

its the one at the top. The way the Extension process works is that when you submit a new version it will be reviewed by an AMO editor before it is "allowed" on the main page of the extension. In my experience this can take up to 4 weeks, depending on their work load. Until then, the version will be marked as "experimental".

You can always get the latest versions by scrolling down on the main extension pages:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun...
and finding the link "View Older Versions".

Axel

Just a screenshot of the QuickFolders plugin, to add to my previous post. This shows moving a mail onto a Quickfolder Tab and from there into a sub-subfolder. Hope you find the extension useful.

Just a heads up for Postbox, I have developed the QuickFolders (Folder Tabs) Add-On, and the latest version 1.6 is fully compatible.

QuickFolders adds a toolbar with shortcuts that work like folders in the folder tree, you can categorize and color them. You use them to jump into a folder or drag your emails there.

And now, a theming add-ons feature would be the next logical step. Wouldn't like to have the Windows 7 look on mine, as I am an avid XP Pro user. But Mostly Crystal is my favourite theme on all Mozilla based software, so I'd love to have that ported to Postbox.

cheers
Axel