Thread: The New MobileMe "MobileCube"

Originally Posted by LIV2

Any plans to add generic Plugin support? I'm using a plugin for mail filtering and can't use this theme when I want to edit my rules.

Working on it, but not enough time in the day! 0.3.1 beta works with some plugins and we're going to see if we can it be successful for 0.3.1 release.

Originally Posted by internalkernel

Just out of curiosity... since you don't seem to have enough on your plate as it is

Any thought on building in support for the next release 0.4 - there is a rumor they will be merging the message threading branch into 0.4 which should be going beta in the next few months... I tested the message threading last night and currently MobileCube doesn't handle it.

thanks

I will being working with it when I have access to 0.4. Is it out for testing now or when will it be?

Originally Posted by ABerglund

These are examples of reasons why our organization has—somewhat reluctantly—settled on staying with the default skin only. While we do think there is room for interface improvements, Roundcube development is too rapid, and the plugin architecture allows too many possibilities for skin problems. We don't want to settle on an alternative skin only to have skin issues the next time RC is updated or patched. We'd rather have a webmail system that works 100% than one with an attractive or more refined interface.

I understand and I'm sorry that MobileCube didn't meet the standards necessary to pass as the default theme.

Originally Posted by phireware

I understand and I'm sorry that MobileCube didn't meet the standards necessary to pass as the default theme.

Not your fault. You've done some outstanding work on this, and it has come a lot farther than I expected in a short period of time.

The problem is that with so many people using the SVN versions, building and maintaining a good, comprehensive skin is like chasing a moving target. Plus skins for RC are very complex, and the plugin architecture adds to the complexity. This makes skin development VERY difficult.

Originally Posted by phireware

I will being working with it when I have access to 0.4. Is it out for testing now or when will it be?

Last I heard on the mailing list the SVN is about to go Beta and they were asking for testing on it. I installed it on a different server, and the message threading view had been merged with the current SVN. Lots of new options too, kind of excited about the 0.4 release. It's starting to look like a fully functional webmail client.

I just can't stand the default roundcube theme... it's very... 1994. None the less a step up from Squirrel Mail which obviously fell out of the ugly tree.

Thanks for the work... let me know if I can help.

PhireWare.com is almost finished! It's starting to look very nice I think. Check it out!

PhireWare

The MobileCube project page is cleaned up as well, there is a lot of great feedback about the theme! Thanks!

Hey Phireware - got a couple of questions and a possible suggestion for you.

First - How difficult would it be to fix the MobileCube address book so that it can support multiple pages of contacts instead of having to increase the results per page to a greater number than the amount of contacts you have?

This is all that is holding me back from using MobileCube as my default Roundcube theme on my production server.

Second - How difficult would it be to update MobileCube to display either the Managesieve or Sieverules plugins correctly? It's really not a big deal to switch back to the default theme to edit sieve rules no more than I do it but would be nice to not have to. Just curious as to how big an effort it is and if it's something you have planned or not?

Finally - I've imported my e-mails off my present production server onto my test server and spent some time browsing through them with Roundcube to get the final tweaking right. One thing I've noticed is that in MobileCube there is no visual separation between messages. I didn't notice it with just two or three test messages but when you have a full inbox the messages really start to run together! The default theme places a thin black line between messages which works however I would much prefer that every other message background be shaded in perhaps a light gray to visually separate the messages.

I understand that you work on MobileCube in your "free" time and that you don't get paid to work on it. I'm passing on what would make MobileCube perfect for me personally but have no expectations. I really appreciate the hard work you've put into this theme and fully understand if you wish to spend your very limited free time elsewhere!

Thanks again!

Martian

Originally Posted by Martian

Hey Phireware - got a couple of questions and a possible suggestion for you.

First - How difficult would it be to fix the MobileCube address book so that it can support multiple pages of contacts instead of having to increase the results per page to a greater number than the amount of contacts you have?

This is all that is holding me back from using MobileCube as my default Roundcube theme on my production server.

Second - How difficult would it be to update MobileCube to display either the Managesieve or Sieverules plugins correctly? It's really not a big deal to switch back to the default theme to edit sieve rules no more than I do it but would be nice to not have to. Just curious as to how big an effort it is and if it's something you have planned or not?

Finally - I've imported my e-mails off my present production server onto my test server and spent some time browsing through them with Roundcube to get the final tweaking right. One thing I've noticed is that in MobileCube there is no visual separation between messages. I didn't notice it with just two or three test messages but when you have a full inbox the messages really start to run together! The default theme places a thin black line between messages which works however I would much prefer that every other message background be shaded in perhaps a light gray to visually separate the messages.

I understand that you work on MobileCube in your "free" time and that you don't get paid to work on it. I'm passing on what would make MobileCube perfect for me personally but have no expectations. I really appreciate the hard work you've put into this theme and fully understand if you wish to spend your very limited free time elsewhere!

Thanks again!

Martian

Some of the features you talk about are starting to appear in 0.3.1 beta such as the contacts part you mentioned. The message part you talk about wouldn't be that hard to fix. I'mn starting to play with plugin support in the 3.1.0 beta if you haven't already tried it out I recommend playing around with it. I'd like to work on it a little more soon and release another beta. Thanks for your interest in mobilecube!

Do you mean 0.4 alpha? The current version is 0.3.1 stable. BTW nice website it looks great!

I think he's talking about version 0.3.1 beta of the Mobilecube skin.

Originally Posted by skaero

Do you mean 0.4 alpha? The current version is 0.3.1 stable. BTW nice website it looks great!

Originally Posted by ABerglund

I think he's talking about version 0.3.1 beta of the Mobilecube skin.

Whoops I mean 3.1.0 of mobilecube! That's the beta version.