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Offline andros69

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Should this be done through a plugin?
« on: September 16, 2009, 11:27:23 PM »
Hi all,

I had a question. Switching from a horizontal to a vertical mailbox list (a three column layout), would you think this should be done through a plugin or through theme?

I played with it when creating a theme but was thinking that maybe this would be better done through a plugin.

  • Aside from the obvious UI changes, to do this well one should really change how the message list table is displayed (since a narrower list doesn't make sense with the same table view).
  • In addition, switching the layout makes more sense to do it through Settings > Mailbox View > Main Options rather than by switching themes.
  • Lastly, this feature would then, in turn, be also available to any theme.


Any thoughts? Would this make sense to be done through a plugin or do you think this is better left to skins?

Thanks!

PS: I'm not a programmer, so unfortunately I don't know how to do it myself. Would this be hard to do?

Offline fuckregistration

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Should this be done through a plugin?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 06:25:40 AM »
Quote from: andros69;21377
Switching from a horizontal to a vertical mailbox list (a three column layout), would you think this should be done through a plugin or through theme?


Both.

Quote from: andros69;21377
PS: I'm not a programmer, so unfortunately I don't know how to do it myself. Would this be hard to do?


For a non- or novice programmer, yes.