Hi all,
Something I have noticed and I'm not sure whether this has been attempted before and hence there's a good reason for it not being implemented, but can we make the subjects of e-mails become hyperlinks so that you can just click on them to view the mail? I have tried using RCW on my mobile phone and I can't actually read e-mails without a hyperlink to click. For DDA purposes, it's also a must from my point of view as I couldn't figure out a way of opening a mail with keyboard only (apologies for not RTFM!!); it's just more natural and easy if they're hyperlinks.
In addition to this, e-mails with blank subjects would need to display <No Subject> or else there would be nothing to click on! (Something I would actually like to be done anyway; blank subjects stick out like a sore thumb and, due to the off-handedness with which those e-mails are usually written, don't deserve quite that much attention!)
-- Richard Green
Richard Green wrote:
Hi all,
Something I have noticed and I'm not sure whether this has been attempted before and hence there's a good reason for it not being implemented, but can we make the subjects of e-mails become hyperlinks so that you can just click on them to view the mail? ...
The front page of www.roundcube.net states that Roundcube is aiming for an "application-like user interface" For me this is the central reason for both my use and development on roundcube. In particular differentiating single clicks from double-clicks is what allowed the possibility for clicking and dragging a message into a folder, using shift-click to select multiple messsages (though this is technicaly possibly with a "checkbox" system) and I believe it will continue to allow future gains in functionality.
I think it's exciting that roundcube has junked all of the conventions of being a "web application" which if the buzz about web 2.0 and ajax means anything is *long* overdue. In other words stop thinking of roundcube as a web application and try to think of it as a desktop application that just happens to use a browser as its framework.
-Charles
PS. Brent, would it be possible for you to address this question in the FAQ section of the forums? It seems to come up a lot.
Charles McNulty wrote:
Richard Green wrote:
Hi all,
Something I have noticed and I'm not sure whether this has been attempted before and hence there's a good reason for it not being implemented, but can we make the subjects of e-mails become hyperlinks so that you can just click on them to view the mail? ...
The front page of www.roundcube.net states that Roundcube is aiming for an "application-like user interface" For me this is the central reason for both my use and development on roundcube. In particular differentiating single clicks from double-clicks is what allowed the possibility for clicking and dragging a message into a folder, using shift-click to select multiple messsages (though this is technicaly possibly with a "checkbox" system) and I believe it will continue to allow future gains in functionality.
I think it's exciting that roundcube has junked all of the conventions of being a "web application" which if the buzz about web 2.0 and ajax means anything is *long* overdue. In other words stop thinking of roundcube as a web application and try to think of it as a desktop application that just happens to use a browser as its framework.
-Charles
PS. Brent, would it be possible for you to address this question in the FAQ section of the forums? It seems to come up a lot.
Is there no way to have the system default to such behavior for mobile users? IE - if my mobile device has no such support, then it might display slightly different. Perhaps a VERY watered-down version of RC?
I totally understand and agree with Charles' response, and the last thing I would like to see would be hyper links all over the place as the current setup is quite beautiful. However, if I were to replace our current web mail system (Squirrel Mail) with RC, then I am sure my mobile users might have a complaint or two similar to Richard's. (Assuming those users do not use a mobile mail client or that I do not leave a Squirrel Mail install in place for their use....)
Kevin L.
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