New UI - thoughts 6 months on

[Ubtree]

Originally Posted by neilj

If you can still reproduce the issue, please create a new ticket about it and say I've asked for it to be assigned to me (Neil) and I'll be happy to help try to track down the issue, although it's puzzling what might be causing it

I have worked out what is causing this behavior: it is a rendering issue when the Opera zoom level is something other than 100%. If I increase the zoom level by one or 2 steps, the cursor stops flashing (and may disappear), the letter spacing is no longer correct (and in some cases the space between words disappears), and clicking on the screen does not necessarily insert the cursor in the correct position.

Note:

• I have not observed this phenomenon with any other web site, using Opera or any other browser.
• This phenomenon does not occur when I use Internet Explorer or Firefox.

So, is this rendering problem a FastMail issue or an Opera issue?

[Mystakill]

Originally Posted by labarum

There is little motivation to engineer the missing features into the new interface.

Written properly, the features would be written once and available in both interfaces. Web development best practices generally dictate that pages should be written for the lowest common denominator (HTML/HTML5), then layered with JavaScript/AJAX for additional functionality. That allows the same page to work on older equipment, JS-challenged/disabled browsers, and browsers for the vision-impaired.

[faldringham]

I have not found the new interface to be an improvement. I continue to use the classic interface exclusively.

It would be a great help if there were a settings option that would allow you to set your preference to always use the classic interface. Then I wouldn't need to make that extra click to indicate that I want to use the classic interface every time I log in to the website.

[odedp]

Originally Posted by faldringham

It would be a great help if there were a settings option that would allow you to set your preference to always use the classic interface. Then I wouldn't need to make that extra click to indicate that I want to use the classic interface every time I log in to the website.

I completely agree
+1

[Ubtree]

Neil has investigated my ticket regarding the incorrect rendering when using Opera with a zoom level other than 100%, and he says that these are rendering bugs in Opera that will be e resolved in the next version of Opera following its switch to Chromium/WebKit as the basis for its rendering engine.

This is good to know, but I do remain concerned about the long term future FM's more powerful "classic" interface.

[Terry]

Originally Posted by faldringham

I have not found the new interface to be an improvement. I continue to use the classic interface exclusively.

Then I wouldn't need to make that extra click to indicate that I want to use the classic interface every time I log in to the website.

Try this it's ticked for you https://www.fastmail.fm/?domain=fast...interface=html

[HM24]

I still go back and use the old interface sometimes.
I find I can't do quickly what I wanted to do in the "new" interface.
New interface is cumbersome...................
Old interface was heaps better.

[odedp]

Originally Posted by Terry

Try this it's ticked for you https://www.fastmail.fm/?domain=fast...interface=html

WOW! This is great! Exactly what I've been looking for
Thanks a lot,Terry.

[FasterMailer]

Originally Posted by Mystakill

Written properly, the features would be written once and available in both interfaces. Web development best practices generally dictate that pages should be written for the lowest common denominator (HTML/HTML5), then layered with JavaScript/AJAX for additional functionality. That allows the same page to work on older equipment, JS-challenged/disabled browsers, and browsers for the vision-impaired.

I find that unless Javascript is enabled on the Fastmail site, the Classic checkbox in unresponsive. Trial and error. No alert that Javascript must be enabled.

[Terry]

I keep mine activated all the time...

[David]

Originally Posted by Terry

I keep mine activated all the time...

Then you have to be wary, Terry

[gardenweed]

I'm using the new UI mostly these days. Rarely visit the Classic any more.

One thing I find indistinct is the email marker in the email list screen.
It's a thin light blue marker, and when using preview mode, and scrolling through emails, I have to look hard to see which email I'm on.
A more prominent marker would be nice.
http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/354...zgtyb3r46g.jpg

[bcook]

I have looked everywhere I can, but the one function that most often causes me to momentarily log out of the new interface and into the old one is the ability to quickly add a Sender to Contacts, so emails don't get thrown into Spam. I often miss the ability to delete a message and move to the next older/newer one with a single click, but not enough to keep me in the old interface. I mainly appreciate the auto-delivery/refresh in the new interface.

[gardenweed]

Originally Posted by bcook

I have looked everywhere I can, but the one function that most often causes me to momentarily log out of the new interface and into the old one is the ability to quickly add a Sender to Contacts, so emails don't get thrown into Spam.

You can add a sender to the Address Book from their email by:
* clicking "Show Details" in the header area.
* then left click the email address you want to add to Address Book
* dialogue box pops up which allows you to add that contact.

[bcook]

Originally Posted by gardenweed

You can add a sender to the Address Book from their email by:
* clicking "Show Details" in the header area.
* then left click the email address you want to add to Address Book
* dialogue box pops up which allows you to add that contact.

Now if you could only solve the case of the missing "Delete and Next" and "Delete and Previous" buttons, I could die happy.