[Pan-users] Readability suggestion. Feature request.

[Maurizio Colucci]

Hello,


Please take a time and compare the readability of current pan with
Agent.  Suppose I want to find the reply of John to my message:

Pan:


Hello! How are you! This is the title.                   me
   Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.            jack
      Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.         frank
   Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.            frank
      Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.         john
      Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.         me
         Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.      jack
            Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.   jack
            Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.   jack 
         Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.      frank   <<< that's it
   Re: Hello! How are you! This is the title.            john



Agent:

Hello! How are you! This is the title.                   me
   jack
      frank
   frank
      john
      me
         jack
            jack
            jack 
         frank   <<< that's it
   john


Of course Agent is better. 

The problem in Pan is that the topic rarely changes, nevertheless it
is given a big importance (by means of indentation), whereas the
author is more important, but it is given minor importance by means of
no indentation.

Second, redundant info is annoying. The topic of replies is totally
irrelevant, and can be seen inside the message when it (rarely)
changes.

I don't know why, but I don't expect much agreement. :-)

Maurizio