On my new Samsung Blackjack (replacing an aging Siemens PocketPC
phone), I've run into a use case that just doesn't seem right to me:
there's got to be an easier way to do this. I often read mail on my
phone, and then want to file it. I've got a very large mailbox, with
several hundred folders, arranged hierarchically. On my old Pocket
PC, I could easily do this with one hand, since the folder tree was
collapsible. But from what I can tell, the email folder tree on my
new phone is NOT collapsible, and this means that I can't navigate it
hierarchically. Instead, I have to painfully, tediously, unbelievably
slowly scroll through hundreds of folders until I find the right one.
Please, someone, tell me that there's an easier way to do this.

I'm not guaranteeing that this will work because I don't have a Blackjack to
test with, but try typing the name of the folder you wish to navigate to.
This is not necessarily a feature we consciously developed, but it may
simply work as an inherited behavior of the treeview control that we use.

--
Jeffrey Min
Software Development Engineer
Microsoft Corp.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

<smithkl42******.com> wrote in message
news:1171490110.528526.320610@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> On my new Samsung Blackjack (replacing an aging Siemens PocketPC
> phone), I've run into a use case that just doesn't seem right to me:
> there's got to be an easier way to do this. I often read mail on my
> phone, and then want to file it. I've got a very large mailbox, with
> several hundred folders, arranged hierarchically. On my old Pocket
> PC, I could easily do this with one hand, since the folder tree was
> collapsible. But from what I can tell, the email folder tree on my
> new phone is NOT collapsible, and this means that I can't navigate it
> hierarchically. Instead, I have to painfully, tediously, unbelievably
> slowly scroll through hundreds of folders until I find the right one.
> Please, someone, tell me that there's an easier way to do this.
>

Thanks for your reply -- unfortunately, I tried that, but it has two
significant problems. (1) It interprets the keypresses as numbers
rather than letters, and (2) it interprets each key press as an
independent navigation, rather than putting them all together. In
other words, if I try to type "DB Notifications" at that point, it
interprets the "D" as a "4" and moves me to a folder called "4.8.0",
and then interprets the "B" as an "8" and moves me to a folder called
"8.0". Not terribly helpful.

Do you know if this is fixed in 6.0?

In the meantime, I think I'll be returning this SmartPhone (it's just
too ****ed painful), and go with a Pocket PC.

Ken

On Feb 14, 2:33 pm, "Jeffrey Min [MSFT]"
<jeff...@REMOVE.SPAM.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm not guaranteeing that this will work because I don't have a Blackjack to
> test with, but try typing the name of the folder you wish to navigate to.
> This is not necessarily a feature we consciously developed, but it may
> simply work as an inherited behavior of the treeview control that we use.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Min
> Software Development Engineer
> Microsoft Corp.

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out, Nick. Admittedly I don't think that
your use case of triaging mail into hundreds of different folders is one
that we prioritized for this release. However you did just give me a good
idea for a Powertoy. :)

--
Jeffrey Min
Software Development Engineer
Microsoft Corp.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
<smithkl42******.com> wrote in message
news:1171559805.999590.247640@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> Thanks for your reply -- unfortunately, I tried that, but it has two
> significant problems. (1) It interprets the keypresses as numbers
> rather than letters, and (2) it interprets each key press as an
> independent navigation, rather than putting them all together. In
> other words, if I try to type "DB Notifications" at that point, it
> interprets the "D" as a "4" and moves me to a folder called "4.8.0",
> and then interprets the "B" as an "8" and moves me to a folder called
> "8.0". Not terribly helpful.
>
> Do you know if this is fixed in 6.0?
>
> In the meantime, I think I'll be returning this SmartPhone (it's just
> too ****ed painful), and go with a Pocket PC.
>
> Ken
>
> On Feb 14, 2:33 pm, "Jeffrey Min [MSFT]"
> <jeff...@REMOVE.SPAM.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> I'm not guaranteeing that this will work because I don't have a Blackjack
>> to
>> test with, but try typing the name of the folder you wish to navigate to.
>> This is not necessarily a feature we consciously developed, but it may
>> simply work as an inherited behavior of the treeview control that we use.
>>
>> --
>> Jeffrey Min
>> Software Development Engineer
>> Microsoft Corp.
>

Thanks for commiserating, Jeff :-). I look forward to the Powertoy.

Incidentally, the tree control that is used in the PocketPC (rather
than Smartphone) version of Outlook is exactly what is needed. It has
collapsible nodes, and allows for reasonably fast one-handed folder
navigation.

Ken

On Feb 15, 3:31 pm, "Jeffrey Min [MSFT]"
<jeff...@REMOVE.SPAM.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Sorry to hear that it didn't work out, Nick. Admittedly I don't think that
> your use case of triaging mail into hundreds of different folders is one
> that we prioritized for this release. However you did just give me a good
> idea for a Powertoy. :)
>
> --
> Jeffrey Min
> Software Development Engineer
> Microsoft Corp.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.<smithk...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171559805.999590.247640@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>
> > Thanks for your reply -- unfortunately, I tried that, but it has two
> > significant problems. (1) It interprets the keypresses as numbers
> > rather than letters, and (2) it interprets each key press as an
> > independent navigation, rather than putting them all together. In
> > other words, if I try to type "DB Notifications" at that point, it
> > interprets the "D" as a "4" and moves me to a folder called "4.8.0",
> > and then interprets the "B" as an "8" and moves me to a folder called
> > "8.0". Not terribly helpful.
>
> > Do you know if this is fixed in 6.0?
>
> > In the meantime, I think I'll be returning this SmartPhone (it's just
> > too ****ed painful), and go with a Pocket PC.
>
> > Ken
>
> > On Feb 14, 2:33 pm, "Jeffrey Min [MSFT]"
> > <jeff...@REMOVE.SPAM.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> I'm not guaranteeing that this will work because I don't have a Blackjack
> >> to
> >> test with, but try typing the name of the folder you wish to navigate to.
> >> This is not necessarily a feature we consciously developed, but it may
> >> simply work as an inherited behavior of the treeview control that we use.
>
> >> --
> >> Jeffrey Min
> >> Software Development Engineer
> >> Microsoft Corp.- Hide quoted text -
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