Daily Build Thread 2007-06-27 Through 2007-07-03

[JoeS]

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Checkins This Week

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# 379070 [Core] - Remove nsXPIDLCString / nsXPIDLString from mailnews [All]
[2007-06-26 21:32][-> nsIMessenger string API cleanup.]
[2007-06-26 22:28][fix regressions caused by last nsIMessenger patch]
[2007-07-02 14:10][-> make address book and mailnews\basensEscape free]
[2007-07-02 23:57][-> convert GetMessageServiceFromURI to use nsACString]
More to come
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[2007-06-26 21:36]# 218999 [Thunderbird] - Thunderbird should use a tabbed interface [All]
[2007-06-26 22:01][fix bustage in tab handling due to nsIMessenger changes]#218999
[2007-06-26 23:58][-> hack to make tabs look like they do in firefox.]
[2007-06-28 18:25][-> improvements to tabs in mail.]
[2007-07-01 20:20][-> the icon for a folder tab should match the folder pane icon]
[2007-07-01 21:41][-> typo that caused the unsent messages folder tab icon from showing up.]
[Work in Progress]
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# 384490 [Core] - Remove nsHashTable from mailnews [All]
[2007-07-02 12:35][-> remove nsHashTable from nsMsgGroupView]
More to come

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[2007-06-26 22:33]# 380087 [Thunderbird] - Address Book has wrong icon in customize toolbars dialog [All]
[2007-06-27 09:42]# 385017 [Thunderbird] - Interoperability with beagle & kerry broken in tb 2.0 [All]
[2007-06-27 10:20]# 381276 [Core] - Allow "moves" as copies for cards to mailing lists [All]
[2007-06-27 10:43]# 156998 [Core] - TOP command may not be supported by POP3 server [All]
[2007-06-27 14:31]# 310264 [Core] - unable to print forwarded mail (message/rfc822) [All]
[2007-06-29 16:24]# 384735 [Core] - Copy to folder by message filter locks dest folder - copy of second or later mail by filter won't complete might see JS Error of "folderSummaryInfoEl.parseFolder is not a function" in newmailalert.js [Win]
[2007-06-29 20:18]# 249109 [Thunderbird] - Double-quotes (both bar and >) in display [All]
[2007-06-30 19:05]# 166254 [Core] - Received date field [All]
[2007-07-01 20:10]# 240049 [Core] - Duplicate Messages Received with Pop3-Accounts and option "Leave Mail on server" [Win]
[2007-07-01 20:28]# 206679 [Core] - junk Mail filtered from an IMAP to Local or pop folder does not get analyzed when that folder is opened [All]
[2007-07-01 22:46]# 386549 [Thunderbird] - Busted double condition-check in Feed.js [All]
[2007-07-02 06:04]# 383167 [Core:Build Config] - need build id in an external file [All]
[2007-07-03 00:00]# 386698 [Thunderbird] - Console warnings at startup in nsPersistantProperties: the property %s already exists [Win]
[2007-07-03 11:34]# 386514 [Thunderbird] - problems if I interrupt loading of imap message with large image [Win]
[2007-07-03 12:03]# 378807 [Mozilla Application Suite] - Automatically delete settings are not properly disabled in Junk Settings [All]
[2007-07-03 13:59]# 386692 [Core] - NS_ENSURE-TRUE(aFile) warning dumped to console during Thunderbird startup [Win]
[2007-07-05 09:58]# 386909 [Thunderbird:Build Config] - clean up mail/config (remove repackaging stuff) [All]
[2007-07-05 10:30]# 386781 [Thunderbird] - warning in console for: key_openFileMessage not found [All]
[2007-07-05 11:06]# 358909 [Thunderbird] - Message filter "Age" only allows positive values [All]
[2007-07-05 11:24]# 311657 [Core] - Don't fall back to insecure authentication after SMTP auth failure [All]
[2007-07-05 13:33]# 385017 [Thunderbird] - Interoperability with beagle & kerry broken in tb 2.0 [All]

Recent Bugs of interest

# 383955 [Thunderbird] - cancel does not work in recent trunk builds [All]
# 386393 [Core] - Unable to create a new mailing list [Win]

Latest Tested Builds

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070702 Thunderbird/3.0a1pre ID:2007070204]

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070702 Thunderbird/2.0.0.5pre ID:2007070206]

[JoeS]

Anyone notice the update server being very slow today ?
I'm not used to 37kb speeds on my cable modem.
I did have a few ISP problems yesterday, but today seems fine generally.

[ChefChaudart]

I find myself Thunderbird globally very slow.

[JoeS]

I find myself Thunderbird globally very slow.

Startup on trunk seems a little slow, but I haven't cleaned inbox, and trash for a while.
There is definitely a core performance problem with scripts and other animations.
My guess there is reflow.

[JoeS]

Problem with tabs:
It seems a tab displays a blank page unless, in the 3 pane view, the preview pane is visible.
I usually keep it dragged down out of site, since I am usually viewing full page grahics posts.

Some other quirks if you don't use the preview pane, and you call a helper app, say winamp,
the next newsgroup post you view will be a blank page. Also sometimes "view source" is blank.

Everything seem OK if the preview pane is visible, even a little.

WinXp

[alta88]

regarding tabs, i don't see the advantage of changing the 3pane view via tab or via clicking on a folder (for folder tabs). if one had large numbers of folders, well Favorites can organize them already. am i missing some usage advantage here?

imo, a tabbed message pane (MP) would be far more useful, as there is no way to collect/organize specific items in a thread pane (TP) list. opening a message in a tab without TP and folder pane (FP) leaves it without context, sorta lost.

so a nice ergonomic would be to have a UI with 2 tab levels, one for folders and one for messages. a message tab can be toggle expanded so the view would be Folder tabs, with one selected, and below that Message tabs, with the message in basically full window. toggle reshows FP and TP.

i mentioned this in the rfe bug, no idea if there's interest or if i'm way off here.

[JoeS]

My interest in tabs is not from the perspective of organizing information, but comparing results.
HTML composition (mini-web pages or stationery if you wish to call it that) is often a process of refining, and saving the composition repeatedly. With tabs I can view inermediate results in tabs while working on refinements.
I can also view the source of saved compositions to recall just what attributes were used.
For this kind of work (play actually for me) tabs will be quite useful.

From the work-flow point of view, suppose I am replying to multiple emails related to a project.
I can quickly open tabs on all the mail, and scan through them when composing a reply.

Any way you look at it this should quickly become an indispensable TB feature.

[alta88]

yes, but the question is why have tabbed 3pane and not tabbed message pane? without folderpane and threadpane, a tabbed message is just lost, can't relate to it. imo.

for the comparisons usage you describe, unlesss 2 things are side by side at the same time (via something like Split Browser) then you're still clicking to switch one or the other. whether you click a tab or a thread pane item, doesn't seem to be a big difference. couldn't you see composition changes by clicking each saved item in a Drafts folder? not arguing, just not seeing how tabs help much.

[ChefChaudart]

( Thanks guys, I didn't noticed that tabs had landed on trunks !!! )

[ChefChaudart]

I try to create a mailing list, but it doesn't work. When I click "ok" button, nothing happens.

[mscott]

great find ChefChaudart. I filed Bug 386393.

[ChefChaudart]

Latest trunk is crashing at startup.

[sansibar]

Latest trunk is crashing at startup.

Confirmed. Did you fill a bug?

[ChefChaudart]

no, I reallly don't what to describe ...

[JoeS]

Today's trunk seem fine.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070701 Thunderbird/3.0a1pre ID:2007070104

I didn't notice any checkin that would fix the bustage.