Comment 72 for bug 691380

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In , Charles (tanstaafl-libertytrek) wrote :

(In reply to comment #68)
> I'd prefer the dropdown box personally, because I like compact GUI
> elements close to each other and not spreading out wide. However, I
> could live with this solution, too, while voting in favor of the GUI
> from #44.

Ok, no worries then... I'm the exact opposite though, I'd much prefer the one from comment 55 because it is so much easier to use and provides more visual feedback while the searchbox is being used, but I could live with the one from 44 too... :)

> Anyway, reading through all this, is there any chance anything like this will
> be realized at all in thunderbird itself? Or will someone have to write an
> add-on for this? I wish I had ever learned how to write addons for Mozilla
> applications, this bug would be worth writing one...

I don't know - I too would take the time to write one for this bug if I knew how, but alas, by the time I learned enough to do so, TB would probably be at version 6... ;)