Enhancement of E-mail client user interfaces and E-mail message formats

Computer program non-transitory storage media storing executable instructions for controlling the computer to provide an enhanced e-mail user interface for an e-mail client application, the instructions controlling the computer to:

• detect of one or more attachments to an e-mail having content that can be visually rendered;
• associate a trigger with said e-mail on an inbox view listing of e-mails displayed on said computer;
• create a temporary window solely and uniquely for said e-mail on said inbox view listing upon activation of the associated trigger by a user, said temporary window being positioned to appear over said inbox view at a location proximate to said trigger to provide to the user a visual connection to said e-mail;
• provide user controls within the temporary window to enable selection and display of images of successive ones of a sequence of said attachments;
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• render a visual image of the content of each of said successive ones of said selected attachments within the temporary window such that a majority of said content is visible within said image, said images being sized to fit within the temporary window without scrolling.

A method of enhancing an e-mail user interface, comprising:

• identifying an e-mail having associated content and one or more instructions relating to said e-mail;
• associating a trigger with the e-mail on an inbox view listing of e-mails;
• upon activation by a user of the trigger associated with said e-mail, opening a temporary window on said inbox view solely and uniquely for said e-mail, said temporary window being opened over said inbox view at a location proximate to said trigger to provide to a user a visual connection to said e-mail;
• rendering the content within said temporary window in accordance with said instructions, said content being different from body content of said email, said content being rendered so as to fit within said temporary window without scrolling, said rendered content taking up the majority of the space of said temporary window;
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• providing user controls within the temporary window to enable interaction of with said content.

A method of enhancing an e-mail user interface by an e-mail application, comprising:

• identifying by the receiving e-mail application an e-mail having one or more attachments having content that can be visually rendered;
• rendering a window at a location proximate to said e-mail on an inbox view list of e-mails to provide to a user a visual connection to said window and said e-mail, wherein said window is unique to and solely for said e-mail and said location of said window is rendered dependent upon a position of said e-mail within the inbox list of e-mails;
• providing within said window user controls to enable selection and display of successive ones of a sequence of said attachments without opening said e-mail;
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• rendering an image of the content of an attachment of said e-mail within said window such that a majority of said content is visible within said image, said image being sized to fit within the temporary window without scrolling.