Comments on: Mail.app and widescreen displays

By: Earl Semones

Earl Semones — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:34:35 +0000

Have just bought a widescreen LCD, but am concerned that my Emails that I compose are received by monitors that have to be horizontally scrolled to see the lines that go past the right side of the window. Is there a solution to this in OE, WindowsXP, eg right margin setting?

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:30:26 +0000

OK, I have been trying to figure out how to get Mail to display with the “message” pane “under” the list of messages. Like the first picture in this post.

Either I installed this patch to get the horizontal layout without remembering that I did it, or I just can’t figure out how to change the layout to vertical.

I have been using the widescreen layout for as long as I can remember. Am I insane, did I install a plugin/patch that I don’t remember? Is there a way to get the vertical layout?

Thanks,
Dave

By: Axel

Axel — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:37:55 +0000

Another question from a brand new MacUser:
Actually to prevent spam messages from opening in the preview screen, and also to have more reading space (yeah it’s true the widescreen can seem inapropriate for mail.app!), I prefer to open a new window when I read a message.
…the problem is: how do you get to the next message from this window??? I used to click “next” on outlook express! It’s hard to believe they haven’t thought about it…

Any clue to help me? ;-)

By: Mike Dent

Mike Dent — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:01:00 +0000

Nice, this emulates the layout of Outlook 2003 exactly.
I’ll give it a whirl.

By: Seth Voltz

Seth Voltz — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:36:16 +0000

I’d like to see this extended (If it can be) to display each message in the middle pane the way Outlook does with the subject on the first line then other info (date, sender, etc) on a second line. Very useful in keeping the width of the pane small.

By: wincros

wincros — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:48:36 +0000

No problem in search of a solution? Drag the divider between sender list and the message to the bottom. Push enter on the highlighted message and the full message opens in a separate window that you can place beside the mail window. It remembers its position. Command W to close the window. Arrow down to the next message you want to read and hit enter. Full message window opens again.

Why screw around with some third party app for something you can already do with Mail?

By: unqtom

unqtom — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:39:00 +0000

@unqtom – UPDATE – archive is workin – It was propably only an error in dowenloading session.

By: Don Parr

Don Parr — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:04:23 +0000

In reference to Brandon’s comment, I can’t believe the difference 2 inches makes? I’m using it on my 14″ iBook G4 (not widescreen) at 1024 x 768, and it’s awesome! I don’t even have to use it at full screen to enjoy the benefits :)!

Once again, it a “personal” preference, so widescreen or not, give it a look or try and see what “you” think?! “I” like it and plan to keep it.

By: unqtom

unqtom — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:55:24 +0000

anyone else having problems with unzipping the plugin archive?
for me it shows up an error both on mac n pc.
Geee I need this plugin badly – after moving from PC to Macv it was the only thing i really missed from outlook. HELP :D

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:30:26 +0000

nc, it’s very monitor dependent… that’s why he suggested this for people with widescreen displays.

I just tried it on my MacBook Pro and it works okay, but would probably be best for any of the cinema displays or iMacs with more pixels. You can see everything on the MacBook Pro but have to have the window from edge to edge.

I like it though, it was one of the one features I wished was in Mail.app

I have a PB 12″ too, and there’s absolutely no way this would work on a 1024 px wide screen. If you’ve got something 1400 or wider give it a shot though.