Vista - Couple of questions about Windows Mail

Evening all.

Alright, straight to the chase:

In Outlook Express, I had it set so the most recent mail message was at the
bottom, rather than the (default?) top. Just the way I prefer it. I have
done the same with Windows Mail, but the problem is that I also have read
messages set to hidden, and when I change to 'view all', instead of, unlike
OE, it going straight to the most recent message (at the bottom) and
selecting it, it doesn't select anything and shows me the top instead, ie,
the oldest messages. It's a minor quibble, but I'm hoping there's a way to
auto-select the most recent message rather than having to manually scroll
down to it.

Second; I am having a hard time getting used to 'contacts' as a button in
the task panel rather than a full contacts frame on the left of the client,
as OE used to have. Is there any way of emulating OE in some way and making
the selecting of a contact a simple double click rather than accessing the
contacts interface?

Thanks.

Comments inline.

"Danny" <me@hi.com> wrote in message news:hEZei.5529$_l6.4349@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> Evening all.
>
> Alright, straight to the chase:
>
> In Outlook Express, I had it set so the most recent mail message was at the bottom, rather than the (default?) top. Just the way
> I prefer it. I have done the same with Windows Mail, but the problem is that I also have read messages set to hidden, and when I
> change to 'view all', instead of, unlike OE, it going straight to the most recent message (at the bottom) and selecting it, it
> doesn't select anything and shows me the top instead, ie, the oldest messages. It's a minor quibble, but I'm hoping there's a
> way to auto-select the most recent message rather than having to manually scroll down to it.

This is a known WM bug. It seems to lose focus. Toggling between 'View all'
and 'Hide read' causes weird jumps as to which message is selected.

> Second; I am having a hard time getting used to 'contacts' as a button in the task panel rather than a full contacts frame on
> the left of the client, as OE used to have. Is there any way of emulating OE in some way and making the selecting of a contact a
> simple double click rather than accessing the contacts interface?

There's no way to simulate the OE contacts view. Microsoft's intent is that
you compose your new message first, then click on the 'To' line to select
recipients.
--
Gary VanderMolen

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eyundfTtHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Comments inline.
>
> "Danny" <me@hi.com> wrote in message
> news:hEZei.5529$_l6.4349@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> Evening all.
>>
>> Alright, straight to the chase:
>>
>> In Outlook Express, I had it set so the most recent mail message was at
>> the bottom, rather than the (default?) top. Just the way I prefer it. I
>> have done the same with Windows Mail, but the problem is that I also have
>> read messages set to hidden, and when I change to 'view all', instead of,
>> unlike OE, it going straight to the most recent message (at the bottom)
>> and selecting it, it doesn't select anything and shows me the top
>> instead, ie, the oldest messages. It's a minor quibble, but I'm hoping
>> there's a way to auto-select the most recent message rather than having
>> to manually scroll down to it.
>
> This is a known WM bug. It seems to lose focus. Toggling between 'View
> all'
> and 'Hide read' causes weird jumps as to which message is selected.
>
>> Second; I am having a hard time getting used to 'contacts' as a button in
>> the task panel rather than a full contacts frame on the left of the
>> client, as OE used to have. Is there any way of emulating OE in some way
>> and making the selecting of a contact a simple double click rather than
>> accessing the contacts interface?
>
> There's no way to simulate the OE contacts view. Microsoft's intent is
> that
> you compose your new message first, then click on the 'To' line to select
> recipients.

Appreciate the reply. So, in effect, you're saying I'm screwed.

"Danny" <me@hi.com> wrote in message news:Nh7fi.1134$KE1.120@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:eyundfTtHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> There's no way to simulate the OE contacts view. Microsoft's intent is that
>> you compose your new message first, then click on the 'To' line to select
>> recipients.
>
> Appreciate the reply. So, in effect, you're saying I'm screwed.

I wouldn't put it quite that strongly.
Life is full of changes. You just have to adapt to a different way of working.
--
Gary VanderMolen