Thread: The New MobileMe "MobileCube"

Originally Posted by ABerglund

I've spent a little time using the 2.1.1 version on svn 3088, and while I really want to like it, there are too many issues standing in the way for us to adopt it in my organization. We have been looking for a cleaner, more intuitive skin for RC 3.1 for our users, and this looks good at first look but still needs a lot of work under the hood. I've attached some screenshots from the default theme to illustrate some of the points listed below.

• Login/logout page needs to be MUCH more generic or original. Despite the recent cleanup, it still looks like it has been ripped straight from Apple's website. That may work for a small private webmail system, but is a show-stopper for a commercial, public or education system.
• Logout button is almost invisible. The skin does not have to copy the bad parts of the Apple service it is patterned after, if something can be made better it should be.
• The skin must add support to expand and collapse nested folders.
• The single tool button that currently just does "Show source" needs to turn into a dropdown that incorporates both the message and tools choices from the default skin. (See the first and second attachments here, as well as the third attachment in the next message.
• There is an indicator for messages that have been replied to, but no indication for messages that have been forwarded. (See third attachment.)
• The Select menu (All/Unread/Invert/None) and quota display are missing. (Fourth attachment.)
• The Filter selector is missing, but we might be able to live without that. (Fifth attachment.)
• The ability to select the search criteria is missing. (First attachment in next message.)
• Plugin support is required. For us that includes 'contextmenu', sound_notifier', 'password' and 'vacation'. Note that some of these plugins may require hooks into the theme's CSS ('contextmenu' for example, compare the third and fourth attachments in the next message to the fifth from MobileCube), or possibly their own tab in the Preferences page (examples are 'password' and 'vacation', see second screenshot in next message.

I know what you mean, and this isn't my original theme. I just sorta adopted it, but I think these Ideas are great and we can begin to work on them. It may need some time though. I don't know how long or how little. This will be the 3.0 release. I love the theme look and want to make it universal.

Originally Posted by phireware

ABerglund, flagged messages has been fixed, click in the flagged area to flag a message. Click it again to unflag it. It is now released as version 2.1.2 If you find any other mistakes please let me know!

I confirm - in SVN 3188 with MC 2.1.2 flagging works as expected, the same as in the default theme.

Originally Posted by phireware

I know what you mean, and this isn't my original theme. I just sorta adopted it, but I think these Ideas are great and we can begin to work on them. It may need some time though. I don't know how long or how little. This will be the 3.0 release. I love the theme look and want to make it universal.

Please don't get me wrong, I applaud and support your efforts to revive and update an abandoned theme. Additional themes for RC v.3.x have been very slow in coming, due in large part to the added complexity of the code that 3.x requires. I'm not much good at CSS and javascript myself, but I'll happily test and and report back as often as necessary. I'm happy to do this because my organization is searching for a replacement for squirrelmail, and Roundcube 3+ with a more intuitive skin is exactly what we need.

Originally Posted by ABerglund

Please don't get me wrong, I applaud and support your efforts to revive and update an abandoned theme. Additional themes for RC v.3.x have been very slow in coming, due in large part to the added complexity of the code that 3.x requires. I'm not much good at CSS and javascript myself, but I'll happily test and and report back as often as necessary. I'm happy to do this because my organization is searching for a replacement for squirrelmail, and Roundcube 3+ with a more intuitive skin is exactly what we need.

What do you think for new login screen? I attached three different shots. Which do you think is best of the three? And what needs to be fixed with it?

Screenshots:
Login 1
Login 2
Login 3

I would go with Login 3 for our organization. Very clean, and easy to personalize by replacing the MobileCube logo with the organization logo.

Also, it seems to me (although I admit I'm not a lawyer) that the notice that Apple owns the icons is a tacit admission that the theme uses them without permission. None of the remaining icons scream "Apple" so if it were me I'd drop that notice entirely.

Originally Posted by ABerglund

I would go with Login 3 for our organization. Very clean, and easy to personalize by replacing the MobileCube logo with the organization logo.

Also, it seems to me (although I admit I'm not a lawyer) that the notice that Apple owns the icons is a tacit admission that the theme uses them without permission. None of the remaining icons scream "Apple" so if it were me I'd drop that notice entirely.

That's what I figured. Login 3 seems the most simple and Clean. The other two I put as more busy looking login screens and then simplified it from one, back down to three. With the Apple notice, I can take it away off of the login screen and maybe make a mention of it in the settings area on that right panel that displays the theme version number? Just a thought. Well now we have the login screen done, time for more features. I've had a pretty slow day so coding this is been easy today with so much free time.

Originally Posted by phireware

With the Apple notice, I can take it away off of the login screen and maybe make a mention of it in the settings area on that right panel that displays the theme version number?

FWIW - if I were to use this theme in production, I would end up hunting down the Apple notice and removing it entirely, regardless of where it ends up. IMO, it's not necessary at all in this theme, and would just confuse the end users.

Originally Posted by phireware

Well now we have the login screen done, time for more features. I've had a pretty slow day so coding this is been easy today with so much free time.

I'd tackle the quick and easy things first, get them off the plate. Things like the logout button, or the Forwarded message indicators.

Originally Posted by ABerglund

FWIW - if I were to use this theme in production, I would end up hunting down the Apple notice and removing it entirely, regardless of where it ends up. IMO, it's not necessary at all in this theme, and would just confuse the end users.

I'd tackle the quick and easy things first, get them off the plate. Things like the logout button, or the Forwarded message indicators.

Alright, I'll fix that. I fixed the login, and I can fix the logout button really easy. I'm actually starting to work on the dropdown menus as well because I think they would become useful as well

So I've fixed a few more things now. I fixed the logout button, and the disk status bar. Or whatever you want to call it. I put the menu's in but they don't look very good right now. Kind of ugly, but I attached pictures. I did the best I could as some of the objects would NOT follow my CSS rules.