Re: [Logicmail-users] Logicmail 2.0 and mail retrieval

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

On 01/04/2011 03:31 PM, George Sexton wrote:
> FWIW, here are my things for 2.x:
>
> LogicMail can’t open some messages. Just say’s there are no parts to
> display or it can’t display the parts.
This sounds like a possible bug.  Please send me a useful bug report so 
I can work the issue.  First, is this IMAP or POP?  Second, it would be 
helpful to send me the raw MIME source (that gunk you see when you do 
View->"Message Source" or similar in a desktop e-mail client) of some of 
these messages that fail to display.

> For the Storm, a delete icon would be really nice. There are several
> blank icon spots in the folder view. Make one of them message delete.
I totally agree, and plan to implement this for several screens directly 
into 2.0 during the beta period, since its really pretty simple to do:
http://www.logicprobe.org/proj/logicmail/ticket/254

> Multiple message move/delete. IOW, the UI should support marking
> multiple messages and deleting or moving them. If you can’t do this,
> move should at least default to the last selected folder.
For deleting, you can use a hot-key (on keyboard devices), or the 
shortcut I will be implementing for #254 above.

For copy/move, I'll add a simple "Remember last folder" usability 
enhancement into 2.0:
http://www.logicprobe.org/proj/logicmail/ticket/255

Multi-select support itself will be quite a bit more complicated.  The 
BlackBerry UI does not lend itself to the multi-select listbox approach 
used by desktop applications.  You'd need some sort of per-item checkbox 
(Fastmail does this for their webmail interface), but it would need to 
be invisible unless used.  Also, triggering that "check" function would 
be harder on a Storm than on a keyboard device.
Here's the feature-request ticket, for 2.1:
http://www.logicprobe.org/proj/logicmail/ticket/256

> Bucketing messages. Right now, you bucket by day. What I would like to
> see is if the message is older than two days but this week, create a
> heading called “this week”. If it’s prior to the start of this week, but
> less than two weeks old, make heading called “last week”. For all other
> messages, make a folder named “Older”.
The current grouping approach is directly based on how the BlackBerry 
messaging application does things.  I can make the grouping 
configurable, as you suggest, provided everyone can agree on what the 
options are.  The folders are directly based on how things look on the 
mail server itself.  This matter may need more discussion before it can 
become a simple feature request.

> Attachment handling. It would be nice if you could handle at least the
> same mime types that the blackberry mail program can handle. E.G. PDFS,
> images, and Office Docs.
Feature request ticket created:
http://www.logicprobe.org/proj/logicmail/ticket/257

> For me, all of these are more important that message counts or
> background message checking.
For me too, actually, but you'd be amazed at how many people disagree. 
I've been getting E-Mails asking how to configure background message 
checking since 1.0, maybe even earlier.  I just hope they don't revolt 
when it starts draining their battery. :-P


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