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Oh man…
After every ignored thread, Betterbird (I think: Thunderbird) displays an
information bar at the bottom of the thread pane. I understand the
intention: accidentally pressing K can be confusing, and providing an Undo
option can be useful.
The problem is the way this has been implemented.
1: The notification appears inside the posting list.
2: It covers several postings at the bottom of the list.
3: It remains there when I continue working with non-ignored threads.
4: As a result, the covered part of the posting list is no longer usable
    for its intended purpose. I have to either close the notification or
    simply accept that part of my message list is obstructed.
5: There is no keyboard shortcut to dismiss it. I performed the action
    using the keyboard; I am then forced to reach for the mouse just to
    restore my normal working area.
6: This happens again after every ignored thread.

This is particularly unfortunate because the underlying problem is
perfectly legitimate: a user who accidentally presses K should have a way
to understand what happened and undo it. But that does not require
permanently occupying part of the message list after every intentional use
of the command. A much less intrusive solution would be to provide the
same way every program does on Delete Something: Show Messagebox with
„Don't show again“ checkbox.

Why do I get the feeling that software developers don't actually look at
the results of their own work…
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Ignore Thread notification Udo Steinbach <trashcan@udoline.de> - 2026-09-22 22:02 +0200
  Re: Ignore Thread notification "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-09-22 17:35 -0400
    Re: Ignore Thread notification Udo Steinbach <trashcan@udoline.de> - 2026-09-23 02:12 +0200
  Re: Ignore Thread notification "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-23 01:41 +0100
    Re: Ignore Thread notification Udo Steinbach <trashcan@udoline.de> - 2026-09-23 10:46 +0200
    Re: Ignore Thread notification Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-23 09:56 +0100
      Re: Ignore Thread notification Udo Steinbach <trashcan@udoline.de> - 2026-09-23 11:17 +0200
        Re: Ignore Thread notification Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-23 12:26 +0100
          Re: Ignore Thread notification "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-23 13:57 +0100

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