I've just installed Aqua Mail and am really liking it so far, but I'd agree that the message list view is a little ... densely filled / cluttered perhaps? The accounts list, for example, is far more pleasing to look at than the message list. True it's nowhere near as bad as K9, but the default Android email app has a pleasant easy-on-the-eye quality (even if it doesn't have much else - definitely a case of form over function!).
Very minor tweaks that would really help would include:
- Adding a little bit of extra padding around each entry in the list . I know that would reduce the amount of entries on the screen, but it could be a simple user choice - "Padding: None/Tight/Medium/Loose".
- Make the little coloured triangular tab that is used to differentiate email accounts a coloured vertical bar instead, extending the full height of each entry. Again, could be an option.
- Provide the facility to separately adjust the size/weight of the Sender, Subject and preview text. Keep it simple, for each of the three items there could be a bold tickbox and a small/medium/large scaling option. Or just provide a few alternative presets if you prefer.
- The right-hand edge is rather cluttered, even with the star icon removed. Perhaps allow the removal of the file-size wording too?
Just some thoughts from a new user anyway, it's pretty much the first thing I noticed when I first ran the app.
I do think this is going to be my standard email app from now on though, and I feel a purchase might be coming on...
Andre
