Inbox: Make it clearer that the 'Sent' folder is part of 'All'

[ninetydegrees]

Title:
Inbox: Make it clearer that the 'Sent' folder is part of 'All'

Area:
notifications, inbox

Summary:
Because 'Sent' is visually separated from 'All', I always forget that when I'm in the All folder clicking on 'Delete All' will also delete messages in Sent unless I flagged them. I would like a way to make it clearer that 'All' really is all, including 'Sent', especially since sent messages aren't displayed there so I find it very easy to forget about them.

Description:
Making the indents bigger might work or removing the '---'separation and making it smaller or different.

Edit: other ideas: moving Sent above Flagged and/or above Unread; setting Sent apart; adding a count to Sent (I think this would help a lot).

Thoughts?

Poll #9059 Inbox: Make it clearer that the 'Sent' folder is part of 'All'

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 62

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Should be implemented as-is.
45 (72.6%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.6%)

(I have no opinion)
15 (24.2%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.6%)

Comments

[cesy]

Making it clearer would be good, but I'm not sure indents are the answer - the indent we have at the moment is theoretically correct. Or do you mean indenting all of the "All" sub-options more?

I'd be tempted to put "Sent" above "Unread", with its own divider below, to make it clear that it's not the same type of thing as Unread or Flagged, and so it will stand out more.

[ninetydegrees]

I did mean making all the indents bigger.

Hmm. I like the idea of pushing Sent up but I realized what would really me help is the removal of the '---' separation, having Flagged separated from everything and moved to the bottom and, above all, adding a count to Sent so you know there are messages here.

Something like this, I think: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2334/91568027.png

[cesy]

A count on Sent would be good, though is probably a separate suggestion. For me, Unread and Flagged go together more than Sent does with either of them. They're search folders that find things in anything, whereas the ones above are category folders which don't overlap. I still like the divider, too, though we could make it prettier with CSS that you can control rather than text.

[ninetydegrees]

For me, Unread and Flagged go together more than Sent does with either of them.

I have no opinion on this so either way would be fine with me I think.

I like the divider but I think it's too present. It's like my eyes go down, see the separation and send this to my brain: "oh! look! completely different section!". +1 on making it a CSS thing in any case.