Comment 23 for bug 122529

(In reply to comment #19)
> Finally, a new interface button labled "Tag" should be added. When clicked it
> would display a list of the IMAP folders, possibly excluding the "[Gmail]/*"
> folders. Selecting a folder would result in an IMAP "move" of the selected
> message(s) to the chosen folder.
That is a bad idea. Tags and folders are very different in Thunderbird. The intended use is, apparently, to provide an interface to move messages between user-label folders, but that already exists. Even if it is labelled "Label" to avoid confusion with tags, it does not provide any new function.

Thunderbird stores tags as IMAP flags on the message.

> All Special delete handling such as the keeping a local copy of deleted
> messages should be disabled. Those features really mess with GMail's IMAP
> features.
In other words, the default delete model should be "Remove immediately".

> The button that sends the IMAP delete button should actually have several
> personas. When in the Inbox folder, it should be labeled "Archive", when in a
> tag folder, it should be labeled "Remove Tag", and when in the in the
> [gmail]/Trash or [gmail]/Spam folder it should be labled "Purge".
I think all of this can be summarised by changing the Delete button label to "Remove", if the delete model is not "Move to Trash".

> A new Interface button should be added labeled "Delete" that simply Does an
> IMAP move of the selected messages to [Gmail]/Trash. This button should be
> disabled in the [Gmail]/Trash folder and the [Gmail]/Spam folder.
>
An interesting idea, but I think it would be better to allow an accelerator key to modify the delete model. E.g., holding down the 'Ctrl' key could force the "Move to Trash" action.