From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75979 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leonidas Tsampros Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Proposed default change: Show the lapsed time instead of the date Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:59:36 +0200 Message-ID: <877hdsk2sn.fsf@bifteki.lan> References: <87mxmpkdu2.fsf@gnus.org> <87k4htjmvk.fsf@keller.adm.naquadah.org> <87pqrkadi9.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295996906 407 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2011 23:08:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:08:26 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M24331@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jan 26 00:08:19 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Phrzm-0005rB-JL for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:08:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Phryq-0007xD-IA; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:07:20 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Phrrd-0007v1-8D for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:59:53 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhrrY-00078R-I8 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:59:52 -0600 Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f48.google.com ([74.125.82.48]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhrrX-0003wb-QU for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:59:47 +0100 Original-Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so360860wwd.5 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:59:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:sender:from:to:subject:references :mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=3osPfS2mCpbrNgggQ1r7ay+dIYoMv9/YL/yIzgp0ueI=; b=VCRW7/lCrm3f21dHmpz6YIc66730NMPv5iBczJ4O9eSB3T8XK8lu98ex/quk1mnCoM 0a4E1oiCF7/cyCddJ6DOKElpnktUgyILDuERy6NAPIYB35ZZ8vA5fCUVGAaG+vNzPhya Z2GUA6W5Y+p2dLSqU/B4flaHutAFa+KM95LXM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:subject:references:mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=ckWDVMxP/jhFhctc1e4No2K3AhztG4U5V2Ag8XrqSK37FRySEe3hnJ3Fd7R8ARlY0w 3yUfxLsMIzUJPpZV4nLxzR5nlV1jtzlE6OChHsrLIe93tM+oMLyHB/v/5qZStZuBxG83 VcIjA11FWlxXJ0baPGC4zZ/8i8ZCZko/dNKQg= Original-Received: by 10.227.146.149 with SMTP id h21mr6698406wbv.43.1295996382033; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:59:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bifteki.lan (178.128.45.239.dsl.dyn.forthnet.gr [178.128.45.239]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f52sm7447274wes.35.2011.01.25.14.59.39 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:59:40 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ltsampros-ferrari-one-200 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bifteki.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EB2364A0D4 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:59:36 +0200 (EET) Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <87pqrkadi9.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:18:22 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75979 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Julien Danjou writes: > >> +1 I like that \o/ >> -1 I'd like to still have absolute date >> >> Maybe have both? > > I'm using a Vaio P, and I find anything that takes vertical screen real > estate to be an annoyance... > > But using a 8 inch 1600x800 screen isn't a very common case, though. > > But I'm wondering: Why would you want to see the Date header at all? > I'm curious. Personally, it tells me nothing, especially what with all > the different time zones and stuff. What's interesting to me is how old > the message is, not whether it was posted at 9:55 pm on a Tuesday. You have a really strong point, although and more importantly for work emails, having BOTH options is far more helpful. It would be great if the Date: header could be converted to the localtime zone also. Less thinking.