Re: [Pan-users] Maybe solution of watched color dispute?

[Gollum]

Maurizio Colucci wrote:

> Let me explain: if Pan considers watched-read and watched-unread
> messages on the same ground, it means that the "watch" concept does
> not mean, for Pan, "messages whose bodies you must automatically
> download", but "messages which are so important that the distinction
> between read and unread fades". So Pan's meaning for "watched" is
> different from Agent's meaning for "watched".

There is a need to differentiate between unread and read articles
within watched threads:

When being in a hurry, I may mark an interesting thread watched, but
not reading all the messages.  When returning to the thread later, I'd
like to read those articles I didn't have time for previously.

I consider it less important if a message within a watched thread is
new or old (but unread).

I do however find it useful to see if an article (or thread) is new,
since I scan the new threads for interesting subjects.  I don't
appreciate having to redo that with the old threads.

> **Then the correct fix for that problem is NOT to modify colors for
> watched threads, BUT to introduce a NEW CONCEPT: the "auto-downloaded"
> feature.**

Maybe that's a fix for your problem, but not for mine.

I'd still appreciate a more visible distinction between watched read
and watched unread, preferably by font, colour or brightness.