search results problem
i've been using Thunderbird for a very long time. but i really don't like this new version at all. it's horrible. i don't know where anything is any more. when i do a search, i just want a list of the emails like i used to have, just one line for each, now it gives me loads of info about the email in an unnecessary new tab, and i don't want to see that, just the one line, subject, from, to, date etc, not half the flipping email itself. lists just become so ridiculously unwieldy and unusable like this.
and that useless uncalibrated block graph at the top of the search results, how is that supposed to help? what's the point of it?
how can i make it like it used to be, please? or i will have to look for an alternative email client.
i think you should warn people when there are going to be major changes like this, so they get a chance to get used to them, but no, you just foist the new version on people, and tell them they need it for security purposes.
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I can only guess you are using the global search. (Ctrl+K) it has been around and largely unchanged since version 3 with it's faceted search. Your questions all appear to be around the faceted search, hence my guess. My best guess is that you are intending to use the search messages process (Ctrl+Shift+F) as that returns a list of emails in the form looking the same as other mail lists in Thunderbird. Why you would be confused about the location of these things escapes me as the short cuts, menu locations and processes have remained unchanged for many years.
Generally your questions about global search are answered in the knowledge base article that was written about 10 years ago for Version 3s release. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search
I did start some discussion about including some love for global reach here some months ago. https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux/T71fa1de104e34d0b/global-search No one is saying it does not need work.
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I can only guess you are using the global search. (Ctrl+K) it has been around and largely unchanged since version 3 with it's faceted search. Your questions all appear to be around the faceted search, hence my guess. My best guess is that you are intending to use the search messages process (Ctrl+Shift+F) as that returns a list of emails in the form looking the same as other mail lists in Thunderbird. Why you would be confused about the location of these things escapes me as the short cuts, menu locations and processes have remained unchanged for many years.
Generally your questions about global search are answered in the knowledge base article that was written about 10 years ago for Version 3s release. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search
I did start some discussion about including some love for global reach here some months ago. https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux/T71fa1de104e34d0b/global-search No one is saying it does not need work.
yes. for some reason, the default had changed in 102.2.2, and i was unaware of this, so i had no reason to think it had changed. i'm sure the global search is helpful for some people, but i just find it incredibly annoying. now i know the default had changed, i can once again access what i need to, and ignore the global search.
What default are you talking about. The search on the toolbar being global search, and the quick filter for that matter as well have been unchanged for probably 10 years. So I am not really following how you come to this "default" assumption.
A possibility, perhaps the global search has been disabled or missing from the UI on atom7's system since 2009?