E-Mail Interface Having an Informational Tool Tip
An interface enables perception of information regarding e-mail communications. The interface includes an e-mail application user interface that enables perception of e-mail message information for one or more e-mails received by an e-mail participant and that enables active display of one or more of the received e-mails selected by the e-mail participant. The interface also includes a mechanism that determines a request for e-mail message information for one of the e-mails from within a desired e-mail message that is not actively displayed. The interface further includes an informational tool tip that provides a temporary perceivable indication to the e-mail participant of at least a portion of the requested information for the desired e-mail message while maintaining active display of the one or more selected e-mails.
1 . A method of displaying information related to electronic mail messages in an interface, the method comprising:
rendering, in a display portion of an electronic mail user interface configured to display content from electronic mail messages, a display of content from a first electronic mail message included in a group of electronic mail messages received by a user;
rendering, in the electronic mail user interface, a control element configured to, upon selection, trigger display, in the display portion of the electronic mail user interface, of content from a second electronic mail message included in the group of electronic mail messages received by the user, the second electronic mail message being an electronic mail message included in the group of electronic mail messages immediately prior to or immediately subsequent to the first electronic mail message;
while content from the first electronic mail message is displayed in the display portion of the electronic mail user interface, determining that, for a threshold period of time, a position of an input device is maintained relative to the control element; and
in response to determining that, for the threshold period of time, the position of the input device is maintained relative to the control element:
rendering, in an informational tool tip, a display of a portion of content from the second electronic mail message, and
maintaining display of content from the first electronic mail message in the display portion of the electronic mail user interface.
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