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2. June 2010, 15:25:57

pelesl

Posts: 39

Standalone mail window

I understand the logic between joining the browser and mail client to share a lot of resources. But I don't like the fact that you can't visually separate the two. Especially with Windows 7's "half-width snap" feature, I'd like to be able to open a "standalone" mail client window, so that if I click on links on emails, it will open them in tabs in a new "standalone" browser window.

I left Thunderbird because of all the stupid broken "features" and confusing options. With a notable exception of where signatures are placed (and Opera has bugs, too), I like the way Opera handles mail. However, I have never gotten used to the "merged" mail and browser window.

Do you want a "standalone" mail client window?

Option Results Votes
Yes result bar - $percentage % 29% 2
No result bar - $percentage % 71% 5
Total number of votes: 7

2. June 2010, 16:48:02

Vectronic

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Posts: 2538

Well, you could use something like <a href="opera:/button/Read%20mail,inbox,,1856502079,%22View%20Mail%22%20&%20Detach%20page">this</a> which will open the "Mail" tab in a new window... then from inside e-mails, simply use the context menu to open links in a new Window, or use the Mouse-Wheel Click (hold Shift then press it to change what it does, and Open in Background Window is one of them).

You could also use MDI, and have the mail window on one side, then subsequently opened links would open beside/under/etc the wail window, which is basically what you want to do on your desktop, but still inside Opera.

3. June 2010, 18:41:10

masterofopera

Posts: 92

Simply: Let opera bring a button for it with its install.

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