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Old 1 Dec 2014, 11:27 PM   #1
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Cool New Webmail theme

After several weeks in the works, our new Webmail theme is now ready for testing!

If you'd like to try it, let us know your Runbox username by contacting Runbox Support. Note that the theme is still being worked on so it might change without prior notice.

Once we activate the theme for your account you might have force a refresh (Ctrl + F5 on Windows, Cmd + R on OS X) in your browser to make sure you have the latest versions of the stylesheets and Javascript files on the server.

We have spent a lot of time trying to make sure that all the various pages look consistent (which they never really did before), so if you see any anomalies please let us know here.

Other things worth mentioning:
  • The font faces are bigger and slightly thinner in general.
  • All the icons have been redesigned and customized for retina displays (where they look really crisp because they were created at twice the size and then dynamically scaled down to 50%).
  • The Webmail menu has been simplified such that the Read, Unread, Flag, and Unflag items are displayed as a drop-down menu under "Mark...".
  • The Compose screen has been simplified to only show basic fields until "Show all fields" is clicked.

If for some reason you would like to change back to the old/default theme you can do that by going to Webmail > Preferences.

We have called the theme Aero (because it's blue and spacious, and makes using email a breeze), but if one of you comes up with a better name we might change it.

Hope you like it!

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 12:23 AM   #2
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I've already sent an e-mail asking to be part of the beta team.

Should one use this thread for suggestions/bugs or should one contact you via e-mail?
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 01:09 AM   #3
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What does it look like?
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:01 AM   #4
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I've already sent an e-mail asking to be part of the beta team.

Should one use this thread for suggestions/bugs or should one contact you via e-mail?
We have now switched over those who have contacted us thus far.

Feel free to post comments in this thread so that others can see our replies.

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:02 AM   #5
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What does it look like?
Here's a preview:

https://runbox.com/wp-content/upload...ox-Preview.png

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:16 AM   #6
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I've just looked at it for 10secs or so and I have to say I like the look of it.

Though I've a slight issue, which may not be possible to fix, dunno:

https://img.bi/#/b4EyYSI!Mspnw6IULvF...bfctr6L4DSUzWy


That was defaulted when I went to the new theme. That means, there's a zoom level that looks okay with the "old" theme but has that issue in the new one.

I'm uncomfortable with the way it looks if I click on the "-" in the webclient. I have it zoomed in.


EDIT:

The "New" and "Total" are not aligned! At-least, they don't look like they are... My OCD is tickling.

EDIT 2:

If I mark a mail as "Unread", it looks exactly as every other mail.. My unread mails are not getting bold.

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:20 AM   #7
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17pm: That looks quite wrong -- which browser and zoom level are you using?

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:24 AM   #8
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17pm: That looks quite wrong -- which browser and zoom level are you using?

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I'm using Chromium 39.0 under Ubuntu. I've no idea about the Zoom levels.. I'm using the zoom feature native to the webclient.. I don't think there's a way to see at what level it is?

Please see EDIT 2 above.
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:29 AM   #9
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I'm using Chromium 39.0 under Ubuntu. I've no idea about the Zoom levels.. I'm using the zoom feature native to the webclient.. I don't think there's a way to see at what level it is?

Please see EDIT 2 above.
We're looking into these issues now with the browser and OS you reported.

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:34 AM   #10
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We're looking into these issues now with the browser and OS you reported.

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The zoom issue happens also in Firefox, though at a higher zoom level I think.. I cannot be sure though.

The unread issue doesn't happen in Firefox.
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:46 AM   #11
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My initial review:

I think this change is positive and I don't think anyone will be using the old theme after seeing this one.

However, it's, as you said plenty of times, just a theme.. There are still stuff that I wanted to see that did not happen, such as a different way to flag messages.

Width of messages:

I think it would be interesting to experiment on the max width of messages... It's a fact that it's harder to read longer lines than shorter lines. Perhaps setting a max width for text emails might make the reading of emails smoother. There are many webclients that do this.


Compose window:

I like the new simpler compose window.. However, it would be nicer if one could expand "one by one"... Also, adding "attachments" to the simple view would be something I'd support.. I really don't like seeing the contact column on the right, everything else was okay, imo.


Compose window bug:

The bug is still there and it would be cool if you fixed it. I'm talking about this bug.

Some additional:

- Would it be too hard to make it so the flagged messages go straight to the top? Would be cool if that was possible, as an option of course.
- I think having the "flag" as a drop-down is a step back.
- I think the "Create folder" and "Rename folder" buttons are way too blue.. They automatically draw my attention to them, and I don't think those buttons deserve such attention.

And the most important of all:

Browser back button. =((



I'm aware that some of my points are not theme related, but oh well, it's never too much to remind you of that.


EDIT:

Another minor bug, related to the zoom thingie:

https://img.bi/#/7V73aap!CXIX0UALL6E...modktUfXRICocr

There's actually 2 problems in that screenshot:

- The cutoff of the word "folder"
- The boxes are not aligned it seems.

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Old 2 Dec 2014, 02:54 AM   #12
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GEIR! STOP EVERYTHING!

God damn it.. The "unread" thingie was a problem on my end! I'm using "umatrix", which is kind of "no-script" for chrome and the new theme contacts "webtype.com" for some reason and I was blocking that.

This has happened 3 times now. I contact you for a bug and it ends up being my extensions... From now on, everytime I report a bug, you should remind me of my extensions :P
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 03:25 AM   #13
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Are you (17pm) referring to the overlapping of "Preferences" and "Folders" (top left)? If so, I have that problem, too, and my zoom level (in Palemoon/FF) is normal.
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 03:32 AM   #14
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lol 17pm
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Old 2 Dec 2014, 03:55 AM   #15
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Two thumbs up, here. Very clean and modern.
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