A few requests to consider about the compose screen.
1) Give the Compose title a class so it can be hidden by css (duplicates the top menu which tells you that you are on the compose screen).
2) Keep the current quicklist. Even if it is hidden in the default css, so if a user prefers they can keep the sidebar minimized and access the quicklist as usual.
3) Make the sidebar stay minimized unless clicked on. Make the minimized vertical appearance similar to a sidebar groups' horizontal minimized appearance.
4) Put all the message buttons on one row. Otherwise, once the HTML editors' toolbar is included, the compose area will begin below the midpoint of the screen. In the current mockups, the two rows of buttons are defined in HTML so cannot be fixed by css.
The benefit of a large compose area is that one is able to see much or all of the entire message during review before send, regardless of how it will reflow when the recipient views it.
These requests are all shown in one of my
earlier screenshots.
Thanks.
-Jim