Tickets :: Comment on [#902] Menu Fix

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Comment	> Of course in the end its up to you, but it seems to me like if we can > definitively improve the usability of imp/horde, even just slightly, > with just a few lines of code thats already written, why not do it? > While my coding abilities are passable, my area of expertise is much > closer to UI design as it relates to usability. In this case i really > believe there is a good reason that almost every desktop mail client > (Mac Mail, Outlook etc..) horizontally truncate the folder list with > ellipses, as opposed letting it run off to the right with horizontal > scroll bars. When a user sees text cut off, they get an implicit > sense of something being broken. The ellipses say "there is more to > these names, and its not broken, but you have set the frame set to > something that needs to truncate teh text. Aesthetically, maintaining > a consistent spacial border improves overall look. If i had a spare > week, id spend the time writing truncation/ellipses code in > javascript that would extend this to mozilla as well as IE. > > > > Anyway, thats my 2cents. I wont bring it up again, its up to you.
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