Re: Sqwebmail roadmap

On Apr 18, 2004, at 06:43, Brian Candler wrote:

> I have a few suggestions for where I think Sqwebmail ought to go - and  
> I
> wonder if other people concur or have other suggestions. It might be  
> nice to
> have a wishlist which people can work on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
> <sqwebmail-wishlist>
>

Well, I still have the list I put together of suggestions people sent  
to me when I made a similar request last year sometime.

I submitted to Sam some of the things in this list already, and others  
I started work on, but never finished. So it's not exactly a list of  
where SqWebMail should go from where it is now... but it's something  
like a status page I used for my own reference. (Which means some of  
the notes might not really be clear to anyone but me, I suppose.) And  
the status markers were for my own reference obviously.

But anyway... Maybe it'll help with ideas. I still "plan to" do some  
work on some of the things on this list. But I haven't had any time to  
spend on it since like... oh... December I think it was. So who knows  
if I'll get the time in the future either.

======================================================================== 
========
project items:
	(@-> == added to tree; *-> == completed, not in tree; -> == in  
progress)
======================================================================== 
========
CSS, but support old browsers -- usable and not uglier than current code
CSS; target ie5 where incompatibilities arise (sigh); don't "break" old  
browsers, ugly ok
->	move all script contents into CDATA blocks (re-validate as XHTML 1.0)
	->	help link on all pages (hook to specialized page / standard link to  
help entry page)
i18n (qmailadmin list: ex. of good method)
combined folder/message list view (refresh folder list, not message  
list, in icky frames?)
threading
->	timezone selection saved (via scripted(?) cookie?)
	@->	select all button actually changes other select buttons  
(script/noscript?)
->	"check for new mail" button / refresh on folder list and folder view
search function (per folder/select folder/admin disabled/etc.)
"delete all messages in folder" button
non-stepped deletions (don't mark deleted, but actually move to trash)
	@->	navigation at both top and bottom of message list (i.e. folder  
view)
sounds (new mail in folder X; per folder;  
repeat/once/once-per-Xmin/-per-new; saved pref)
field selection in the folder view (& message view?)
export / import address book data
	@->	last / first page buttons in folder list
	@->	"jump to" input/selection box in folder view
	@->	display message range / message number on folder screen
	*->	full headers off button
logout timer (i.e. countdown)
->	timeout warning message (when composing messages only?)
cgi-produced "rounded-corners" (the sqwebmail cgi itself, or call an  
external cgi)


Of course, some things (particularly like the sounds feature similar to  
Riwos's, and the cgi-produced "rounded-corners" images) are things  
someone suggested to me, but which I don't personally value very much.  
-- But nonetheless, you have my To-Do list now to add to whatever you  
come up with or receive from people.

Hope it helps. =)

-jab


P.S. You know... I suppose I could put up a suggestions board (and post  
the URL) if people were interested in having such a thing. Anyone think  
it's worth it?