Here are a couple of shots from a mod I'm working on for the default
skin.
http://moensolutions.com/messages.png http://moensolutions.com/message.png
On Oct 19, 2005, at 4:41 PM, Rob Smith wrote:
Attached are two screen shots of the changes I made. Do remember,
someone will need to fix this CSS so it renders in IE, because
right now it doesn't work right, I don't have the knowledge to fix it.Rob
Raoul Bhatia [IPAX] wrote:
is it possilbe to provide a screenshot or demonstration of your work?
i feel that i would be missing something if i simply replace the css file for a couple of clicks and then move back to the cvs version.
best regards, raoul bhatia
Rob Smith wrote:
I have been playing with this all day (although I admittidlyknow NOTHING about CSS, but was able to figure enough out just
playing with the file). I discovered a few things throughout
this, about interface considerations. There are 3 ways to
handle the email and header display. The current way, which I
think we all agree is less than ideal. Another way that is easy
enough to implement with CSS, is to have just the headers and
message be inside a scroll page (basically, make messageframe
scroll). This works fairly well, except that normally email
clients keep the headers visible at all times. The final way,
having the headers always visible while the message scrolls,
appears to be very difficult to implement in CSS, and also has
one very serious flaw. Currently, RoundCube always shows the
entire sent/received/cc list for an email. I have already had a
few emails that were sent to large groups and take up over half
the page with this header. If you implement the design where the
header always shows and just the message scrolls, some emails
could be unreadable because of such long headers. So, this
brings up a few other options. Personally, I feel that the ideal (but I don't know about
ease of implementation), is to have the header only show 1 line
of Subject, Sender, Copy, and Date by default, and then be able
to expand the header by clicking on a button (this is similiar to
how Thunderbird functions). This would allow the header always
visible + message scrolling method to be easier to implement (you
will at least have a better idea to how large the header is going
to be), and also makes sure the email will always be
readable. If we consider that to be too difficult, or not the
way you want it, it is very easy to make the whole messageframe
scroll, and I went ahead and attached the mail.css file I created
that will demonstrate this behavior (I works great in firefox,
but I have no clue what needs to be done to make it work in IE).
Maybe if nothing else, this would be a good solution for now,
until you have time to implement the ideal.<roundcube2.png> <roundcube1.png>