[Ham-Computers] Local Ham with computer troubles...

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

OK.  I assume you know what a pane is.  In Outlook, including its clones, 
the list of folders appears in the (typically) left pane.  When you click on 
the folder name, the contents appear in the right pane.  If you click on 
another folder name (including sub-folders), the contents of the first folder 
disappear and the contents of the second one take its place.  In for example 
Windows Explorer and REGEDIT, you have a single pane system.  If you start 
with all of the folders closed, you have a list of what used to be called 
root directories.  If you click on the folder name, the contents appear 
(including sub-folder names) offset slightly to the right. If you click on a 
sub-folder, its contents appears offset more to the right.  If you click on a 
second folder, its contents also appear without the contents of the first folder 
disappearing.  If you are, for example, checking the contents of the two 
folders (say emails about Command Sets and emails about antennas), you see 
both sets of emails displayed at the same time (assuming that all will fit on 
the screen at once).  Maybe you are trying to decide what you need to respond 
to next, and it might be under either subject.

I'm not clear on what "tabbed interface" means.  

In a message dated 04/21/2012 03:00:20 AM Central Daylight Time, 
jeffv at op.net writes: 
> On 04/20/2012 06:36 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >Yes, both of our IP's "allow" use of other mail managers.  But I have 
> been
> >looking at new mail managers for the past 12 years and despite any other
> >claimed benefits, they are each and every one basically clones of 
> Microsoft
> >Outlook.  Two pane  designs allowing only one folder open at a time.  
> Grossly
> >inefficient.
> 
> I'm not sure what you're looking for but Thunderbird just got a tabbed 
> interface.  It's multi-platform too.

Robert Downs - Houston
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