Displaying message content differential in popup window

摘要

A difference between a source email message and at least one target email message is determined and then displayed in a popup window. A first selected message in a message thread is designated as a source message. The thread is searched for a target message that comprises a next oldest message in the thread. Identifying data in the source message is compared to identifying data in the target message for generating difference data. Content of both the source message and target message is also compared. A popup window is generated over the target message and the content difference is displayed in the popup window.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
select a first email message by detecting a mouseover of an email listing linked to the first email message, the email listing on a display, the email listing comprising one of a plurality of email listings on the display, each email listing linked to an email message, at least a portion of the email listings comprising links to email messages of an email thread; designating, the first selected email message in the email—a message thread as a source email message; determining if more than one email listing in the thread is selected in response to detecting the mouseover of the email listing; if it is determined that more than one email listing is not selected then: searching the message thread for a target email message, searching the email message thread comprising reading identifying data in each email message in the thread, and comparing the identifying data of each email message for determining a next oldest email message in the thread, the next oldest email message comprising the target email message; comparing content of the target email message with content of the source email message for generating content difference; and generating a popup window and displaying the content difference in the popup window; and if it is determined that more than one listing message is selected designating a second email message linked to a selected email listing as a first target email message; designating any subsequent email messages linked to additional selected email links as subsequent target email messages; determining a difference between content of the source email message and content of the first target email message; generating difference information indicating the difference between the content of the source email message and content of the first target email message; displaying the difference information in a popup window; in response to subsequent email messages in the selected email listing, determining a difference between content of the source email message and content of each subsequent target email message; generating difference information indicating the difference between the content of the source email message and the content of each subsequent target email message; displaying the additional content difference information in a popup window.