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 There are objects, sets of objects, and presentation tools. There is a presentation tool for each kind of object; and one for each kind of object set. There are objects, sets of objects, and presentation tools. There is a presentation tool for each kind of object; and one for each kind of object set.
  
-=====names, addresses, or people.=====+====names, addresses, or people.====
  
 The presentation tools for these kinds of objects needn't be complicated, since there's not a lot of information to show: just a bunch of links and/or commands. For example, there needs to be a place to hang the "show me all people with this name" gesture, and the "show me all messages from this user" gesture. But just including the list there isn't going to work, since it's long; really, there wants to be a way to initialize a search with this user. Perhaps activating one of those controls would bring up the search tool with some terms already filled in, like The presentation tools for these kinds of objects needn't be complicated, since there's not a lot of information to show: just a bunch of links and/or commands. For example, there needs to be a place to hang the "show me all people with this name" gesture, and the "show me all messages from this user" gesture. But just including the list there isn't going to work, since it's long; really, there wants to be a way to initialize a search with this user. Perhaps activating one of those controls would bring up the search tool with some terms already filled in, like
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 The problem with the annotation notion is that it's the first time that we consider a piece of data which is not merely a projection of data already present in the message store: it is out-of-band data that needs to be stored somewhere. In the address book? In LDAP? I have no idea.  The problem with the annotation notion is that it's the first time that we consider a piece of data which is not merely a projection of data already present in the message store: it is out-of-band data that needs to be stored somewhere. In the address book? In LDAP? I have no idea. 
  
-=====sets of people.=====+====sets of people.====
  
 Perhaps a simple list is sufficient, with options to sort in various ways (by last name, first name, email, host-name, or host-domain.)  Perhaps a simple list is sufficient, with options to sort in various ways (by last name, first name, email, host-name, or host-domain.) 
  
-=====messages.=====+====messages.====
  
 Presenting a single message is straightforward: just return a message/rfc822 or text/html document. However, there should be some other controls available: Reply-To-Sender, Reply-To-All, Forward. And there needs to be a place to hang the reciprocal links to the referring messages, to the folder, and so on. Presenting a single message is straightforward: just return a message/rfc822 or text/html document. However, there should be some other controls available: Reply-To-Sender, Reply-To-All, Forward. And there needs to be a place to hang the reciprocal links to the referring messages, to the folder, and so on.
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 Annotations of messages would be interesting as well. For example, one might want to make a note to one's self that two messages from different people refer to the same issue and should be dealt with at the same time.  Annotations of messages would be interesting as well. For example, one might want to make a note to one's self that two messages from different people refer to the same issue and should be dealt with at the same time. 
  
-=====sets of messages.=====+====sets of messages.====
  
 This presentation has to be fairly powerful; it needs to present a decent summary of the messages (with resizable columns for sender, recipient, date, and so on) and be able to do all the usual sorting and threading tricks. Basically, this has to be a very good thread display. This presentation has to be fairly powerful; it needs to present a decent summary of the messages (with resizable columns for sender, recipient, date, and so on) and be able to do all the usual sorting and threading tricks. Basically, this has to be a very good thread display.
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