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Mail UI tweak: Only show subject line (useful for RSS feeds) [Build 1155]

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18. November 2011, 07:42:33

ervler

Posts: 38

Mail UI tweak: Only show subject line (useful for RSS feeds) [Build 1155]

I love the new mail design and layout, however, for my purposes, it still requires a few tweaks. I use mail primarily for RSS feeds.

I would like the option to only display the message subject and not the name of the feed/sender. I sift through hundreds of RSS feed messages a day and now each one takes up two lines which makes it more difficult to scan them quickly (one for the subject and one for the sender, which is identical and thus needlessly redundant for all messages within a specific feed folder).

So, it would be great if we could:
1. Have an option to only show subject line in mail folders
2. Failing that, use a different font style for the sender line e.g. italics so that my brain can quickly distinguish between a subject and sender line and filter out what it's not interested in

18. November 2011, 08:30:14

ervler

Posts: 38

P.S. This only relates to having the preview on the Right. It does not relate to having the list Below, which automatically only displays the subject line...

18. November 2011, 15:38:47

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sgunhouse

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Posts: 66788

Didn't read the posts on 11.60 did you?

Highlight the text below and choose Go to web address

opera:config#Mail|MailViewTwoLinedMessages


Clear the highlighted checkbox and click on Save.

18. November 2011, 17:18:10

ervler

Posts: 38

Thanks very much for the info!

It's difficult to keep up with all the info out there. I did scan several pages of prior posts in an effort to make sure that I wasn't duplicating a request, but there is only so much you can do so apologies if I've missed something smile

Could you please clarify which checkbox I am supposed to clear? Your link takes me to the Opera Config, but no specific field is highlighted within the Mail options for me. Here's what I get (screenshot):



Thanks!

18. November 2011, 19:44:33

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sgunhouse

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Which version of Opera is that photo from? It should be "Mail View Two Lined Messages", and it should be highlighted - you seem to be using an older version now.

19. November 2011, 06:22:35

ervler

Posts: 38

My apologies. I'm being an idiot. I started this thread at work with build 1155 and then continued at home with 1116. I've upgraded my home version and the above works now.

Thanks very much for the help! smile)))

20. November 2011, 07:38:47

ervler

Posts: 38

Just to clarify, setting "Mail View Two Lined Messages" to '0' did the track for me here. Simply clearing the contents returned the value to '1' by default.

Setting it to 0 makes your mail view (when preview is on the right) display one line per message instead of two. It only shows the subject line and it does not show the sender line.

@sgunhouse thanks again! smile

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