Yeah, PM Preview is not for reading or searching, it's for PM management. I'm not good about deleting or filing as messages come in. I let them pile up, and then when my mailbox is almost full, I start to prune and clean things up... filtering through to see what to delete and what to keep.

Now think about how that would work currently. Open window, delete (click checkbox, confirm,) open window, delete (click checkbox, confirm,) repeat ad nauseum. There's no "Next PM/Previous PM" so quickly browsing through contents is a pain. I often try to do this with tabs, opening 20 at a time, and then deleting the PM's I want to trash and just closing the window on ones I want to keep, but even that is a pain.

With PM Preview, I can see a quick blurb of what the PM contains. And delete or keep accordingly.

(IE: it's not about searching for any one particular PM, it's about getting a birds-eye glance of ALL of them.)

I do PM Preview with the pop-up option, simply because to me it looks cleaner that way.

Many, many users have expressed how helpful it has been for them. And many users here know what I'm talking about. For PM's, it just makes sense. In pop-up mode, it blends right in and is not intrusive in any way. It just works.

Seriously; the built-in PM Management of vB is a nightmare, and this hack takes one step in the right direction of SOLVING the problem, in a clean and elegant manner. Why again would it NOT be installed?

@Psionic Vision
Different people, different opinions :)
A search function is needed - I don't want to click through several pages of PMs reading all previes just to find one PM.

As for deleting PMs ... I just tick them for deletion from the list?

Previous/Next might be useful (got it on my board), though I don't use it myself.

Okay, but if I've had lots of back and forths with someone, my PM list will look like this:

Re: Take a look at this
Re: Take a look at this
Re: Take a look at this
Re: Thanks
Re: Take a look at this
Re: Take a look at this
Re: Take a look at this
Re: See you at 9
Re: Take a look at this
Re: Take a look at this


...so how do I know which to tick for deletion? Yup, I have to open up each one, individually to see their contents. Which is clunky user interface.

PM Preview solves this UI conundrum in a clean and elegant way.

Presumably using your ESP abilities to know which ones to tick when they all have the same title.

Here is an actual page from last week ;

11. Mar 2006 Hi.
11. Mar 2006 hi its funarule
11. Mar 2006 Re: Me again :)
11. Mar 2006 Inquiry
11. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
11. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
11. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
10. Mar 2006 Re: Me again :)
09. Mar 2006 Some direction?
08. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
08. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
08. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
08. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
07. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
07. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
07. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
07. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades
06. Mar 2006 FW: Flashchat Integration for vB 3.5
06. Mar 2006 Re: Miserable Users Hack Question
06. Mar 2006 Miserable Users Hack Question
06. Mar 2006 Re: Upgrades

Some of those "Upgrades" I want to keep, but which ones ?

Ideally PM Previews could be updated to make it a User-Selectable option in UserCP. That way, those that don't like it could just turn it off. Those that like it can leave it on. Everyone's happy.

Hmm, i'd prefer threadlike pms so a complete rewrite of the pm system, Andreas as you are at it, just do it :p

Complete Rewrite = takes time, while this is something already written. Just install it please.

I to would find this useful. Very helpful when I'm in a hurry.

And if you aren't going to install it at least give us a clear cut "No."

In tool-tip mode (pop up) you hardly know it's there. Until you need it, and then you're very, very appreciative that it's there.

hmm, if it's done like the thread previews, then why not :)

i'll get brad to it ;)