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19 Oct 2007, 02:23 PM | #1 |
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Single redirect login
I'm just rolling out the new logic that changes the entire login process to a single redirect rather than the 3 redirects it's currently doing. It still displays the "loading account..." message, but it should now be just as fast or faster than it even was before this message appeared.
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19 Oct 2007, 03:38 PM | #2 | |
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I think the psychological effect of displaying that message is that it will seem to take longer to log in that it really does, because such messages are usually only displayed when something is going to take a little while (i.e., more than 1-2 seconds). Peter |
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19 Oct 2007, 03:44 PM | #3 |
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19 Oct 2007, 04:56 PM | #4 |
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Rob: this will rock! As I ranted before the tiny login screen is blindingly fast, but it felt a bit sluggish once you did the login. This should resolve that.
What were all the redirects for, btw? I see a lot of systems doing a stack of them (apparently) and it always seems strange, since surely the first redirect can be changed to point to the destination ... ? I think that the concensus in the UI world is that showing feedback makes it seem FASTER not slower, because people feel something is happening instead of just watching a blank screen... but I don't have statistics to back that up |
19 Oct 2007, 05:05 PM | #5 |
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I dont like the message its like as Gmail type thing....
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20 Oct 2007, 06:04 AM | #6 | |
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20 Oct 2007, 07:12 AM | #7 |
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22 Oct 2007, 03:57 PM | #8 |
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I've added s an option on the Options -> Account Preferences page to disable IMAP folder sync on login, which also removes the redirect message and goes back to exactly the old code path.
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22 Oct 2007, 04:29 PM | #9 |
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I don't understand what this sync folder thing actually does.
I use IMAP clients all the time (as well as the webinterface) and I never had problems with non-synchronized folders. Why would i want to enable "sync folders on login" starting from now? |
22 Oct 2007, 08:19 PM | #10 | |
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I have de-clicked the box, and login is much sweeter! |
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23 Oct 2007, 12:00 PM | #11 | |
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But - I will sometimes make/create/rename a folder via Thunderbird. Is that what this is there for? Normally I have to go into folders, go all the way to the end to get to the new folders and hit done for it to have them all there, does this fix that? Last edited by the bishop : 23 Oct 2007 at 12:00 PM. Reason: yes |
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23 Oct 2007, 12:55 PM | #12 |
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If you create/rename/delete folders in your IMAP client, then previously if you logged to the web interface, those changes would not be automatically picked up until you went to the Options -> Folders screen.
The recent change that added the "Loading mailbox..." message also did a IMAP -> web interface folder sync on login so you didn't need to go to Options -> Folders. By unchecking the checkbox on the Options -> Account Preferences screen, you're going back to the old code which did not sync folders on login, and doesn't display the redirect message. Rob |
23 Oct 2007, 02:20 PM | #13 |
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Now that I understand what it's for, I love it. I create personalities with new email addresses in my domain and folders to go with them all the time in Thunderbird, and I love having the sync happen automatically! Now I just need to figure out how to sync my personalities in the web interface with those in Thunderbird automatically!
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23 Oct 2007, 03:18 PM | #14 |
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Rob, thanks for the explanation
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23 Oct 2007, 09:08 PM | #15 |
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Sounds good to me! I never use anything besides the web interface, but understand the rationale behind a redirect/sync delay. Thanks for allowing us the ability to disable this!
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