Comments on: I’ll be wanting that latte machine now… http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2008/11/29/ill-be-wanting-that-latte-machine-now/ Andrew Sutherland writes things but (almost) always includes pictures to look at. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stfn http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2008/11/29/ill-be-wanting-that-latte-machine-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2422 Stfn Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:46:48 +0000 http://www.visophyte.org/blog/?p=147#comment-2422 Looks nice, and I'll be glad to see something like this land in TB3! I've been using ThreadVis (http://threadvis.mozdev.org/about.html) and really appreciate it for quick recognition of a thread I've seen before or recently and for navigating (or situating the current message within) a thread. The time-scaled view, with time between messages noted in the diagram, is invaluable and shows information that isn't easily grasped in any other mail UI I've seen (the histograms here: http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/05/08/getting-insight-into-ones-own-email/ would do it for whole folders but not individual threads). The coloured underlines linking message to author in the message header are handy too. I'd like to see that extended to colorize the vertical quote lines for quoted text in the message body. Looks nice, and I’ll be glad to see something like this land in TB3!

I’ve been using ThreadVis (http://threadvis.mozdev.org/about.html) and really appreciate it for quick recognition of a thread I’ve seen before or recently and for navigating (or situating the current message within) a thread.

The time-scaled view, with time between messages noted in the diagram, is invaluable and shows information that isn’t easily grasped in any other mail UI I’ve seen (the histograms here: http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/05/08/getting-insight-into-ones-own-email/ would do it for whole folders but not individual threads).

The coloured underlines linking message to author in the message header are handy too. I’d like to see that extended to colorize the vertical quote lines for quoted text in the message body.

]]> By: david ascher - » Thunderbird 3 beta 1 - a platform for innovation shapes up http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2008/11/29/ill-be-wanting-that-latte-machine-now/comment-page-1/#comment-467 david ascher - » Thunderbird 3 beta 1 - a platform for innovation shapes up Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:01:34 +0000 http://www.visophyte.org/blog/?p=147#comment-467 [...] such experimentation topics is conversation visualization and interaction models. Andrew Sutherland implemented an add-on that shows thread arcs (here using a view that it out of date by a whole [...] [...] such experimentation topics is conversation visualization and interaction models. Andrew Sutherland implemented an add-on that shows thread arcs (here using a view that it out of date by a whole [...]

]]> By: Andrew Sutherland http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2008/11/29/ill-be-wanting-that-latte-machine-now/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Andrew Sutherland Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:21:26 +0000 http://www.visophyte.org/blog/?p=147#comment-466 The experimental toolbar source, currently sans visualizations, is available via mercurial at: http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugmail_asutherland.org/exptoolbar/ A cron job (just now fixed) should also be outputting new XPI builds here: http://clicky.visophyte.org/momo/xpis/exptoolbar/ In all cases, you need at least Thunderbird 3.0 beta 1 with gloda enabled, and in many cases, using a nightly may be the best idea. This page briefly discusses enabling gloda: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Using_Gloda The visualizations are going to end up being part of an extension that builds on exptoolbar, contributing such new fanciness. The experimental toolbar source, currently sans visualizations, is available via mercurial at:
http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugmail_asutherland.org/exptoolbar/

A cron job (just now fixed) should also be outputting new XPI builds here:
http://clicky.visophyte.org/momo/xpis/exptoolbar/

In all cases, you need at least Thunderbird 3.0 beta 1 with gloda enabled, and in many cases, using a nightly may be the best idea.

This page briefly discusses enabling gloda:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Using_Gloda

The visualizations are going to end up being part of an extension that builds on exptoolbar, contributing such new fanciness.

]]> By: Peter Siska http://www.visophyte.org/blog/2008/11/29/ill-be-wanting-that-latte-machine-now/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Peter Siska Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:25 +0000 http://www.visophyte.org/blog/?p=147#comment-465 Interesting, I am curious about where to get these plugins. Do you plan release it soon? Thanks Interesting, I am curious about where to get these plugins. Do you plan release it soon?

Thanks

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