Re: [Logicmail-users] A few irksome issues with current LogicMail build

[Derek K. <dko...@lo...>]

  Okay, reply is in-line:

On 08/06/2010 10:27 AM, Kamens, Jonathan wrote:
>
> Background: I've got LogicMail 1.9.1.202 on a BlackBerry Bold 9000 
> (AT&T). I'm connecting to my home IMAP server with SSL and sending 
> outbound email to the same server with LOGIN authentication over port 587.
>
> 1. The DEL key does not delete a message while viewing it. This is 
> such an obvious key binding, especially since it's a standard key 
> binding on the Blackberry email application, that it's somewhat 
> bewildering why it isn't there.
>

Key bindings are something that will need a complete overhaul at some 
point.  I've added them here and there, but its one of those things that 
just needs to be "done right" before the next release.  There are plenty 
of others as well, and I have started making a list based on the 
behavior of the built-in message list and viewer.

Just one problem I'm starting to worry about...  multiple keyboard types 
and internationalization

For multiple keyboard types, I really just need to look at the 
documentation for a few varied models, and use a different keyboard 
shortcut table depending on what the user is using.

For internationalization...  Does anyone have any idea if the shortcuts 
are different on BlackBerry devices sold in other parts of the world?  
If so, I may need to handle this as well.

> 2. It appears that the only way to refresh the messages in my inbox is 
> to exit from the inbox and re-enter it. I don't know why the app isn't 
> using IDLE to get updates immediately, but notwithstanding that, 
> surely it could poll for new email in the inbox periodically rather 
> than making me do that manually by exiting from and re-entering the 
> folder.
>
The app is using IDLE, and should get updates immediately (while 
connected).  Its possible that the socket polling may have an issue (the 
.200-.202 changes rewrote the low-level network code), so I'll test it.

> 3. Images in HTML email don't appear to be handled particularly well:
>
> a. There is no "Get Images" command to fetch all the images in the email.
>
> b. The "Get Image" command doesn't work, at least not as far as I can 
> tell. If I put my cursor over an undownloaded image and select "Get 
> Image", it doesn't download the image.
>
> c. One I do "Get Image" as described in the previous point, and then 
> exit the message view back to the folder view and then re-enter the 
> message view on the same message again, the message body is blank, and 
> nothing I do seems to bring it back except completely exiting and 
> restarting LogicMail.
>
HTML message support was very much a "proof of concept", and I haven't 
worked on it much since.  The initial intent was really to just make 
those annoying "HTML-only" messages readable at all.  Handling embedded 
images is even less supported.

Many of those context menu items you see when reading an HTML message 
are provided by the BlackBerry framework itself, and I have almost no 
control over them.  Okay, with some programming tricks I may be able to 
do something, but not as easily as you'd think.  (FWIW, OS 5.0 provides 
a much better HTML field, but I haven't implemented it yet)

So yes, HTML message viewing definitely needs work.

> It seems like (1) should be a pretty easy change to make, (3b) and 
> (3c) are bugs which I hope can be reproduced and fixed, (3a) is 
> probably a relatively minor feature to add, and (2) is probably the 
> most difficult to resolve of the issues I've listed. But that's just 
> my guess ;-).
>

So for my final comments...
(1) is pretty easy, but a full solution has lots of side-considerations 
for every other "wouldn't it be nice if it had this shortcut" that will 
inevitably follow
(2) is an issue that just needs testing, and should already be working
(3) is the hardest of these, and probably not very high on the priority 
list right now

P.S. At this point I do owe the list a more descriptive status report on 
where things are, and where they're going.  I may just do that as a 
site-blog post.

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  Derek Konigsberg
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