Comments on: Key shortcuts for discussion threads

By: links for 2008-10-04 | the markfr ditherings

links for 2008-10-04 | the markfr ditherings — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:04:59 +0000

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By: baltee

baltee — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:26:04 +0000

alt+u is also a great one for dealing with messages, as I am constantly toggling the read/unread status

By: Luciano ES

Luciano ES — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:51:24 +0000

Searching by subject is such a chore. You have to menu-click a message, then scroll down to “Search Subject” and click it. Then you open the first message.
You can’t even press S as a shortcut to jump to “Search Subject” because several other entries in that menu begin with S. It may sound like no trouble, but that much scrolling and picking really gets old after a while.
The good thing about this approach is that it’s easier to delete read messages of one given thread. But I wish there were a single key shortcut that would “Search Subject” already. That would be nice.
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The relation to Vi makes sense, but so does the fact that no one wants to have to press Ctrl+Alt+Meta+x+up or anything like that on a cell phone.
Yes, I’m on the Vi camp. But only because pico and mcedit are so limited.

By: Xandrex

Xandrex — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:28:38 +0000

J and K work fine on 4.2.2 …

anyways, there is another way of dealing with threads : it is to use the “search subject” in the menu. It will display only the messages of that thread. then N and P do the same as J and K.

interestingly enough, for the famous editor VI (dedicated to developpers and/or geeks), navigation can be done with JK (up/down) and HL (left/right). Maybe one developper at RIM was a VI user (as opposed to emacs)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:24:36 +0000

Lets not forget about the T and B keys. They can take you to the Top or Bottom of most any screen including your message list and web pages. Thanks for the great wrap up guys!