Modest more finger friendly and with move in the toolbar
 

I have fixed the following bugs in Modest:

• Please make folder view finger-sized
• Please provide "move to folder" button in main view

I have done it for my personal use because it was two features I really would want in Modest, so I coded a bit. This way I wanted to share the .deb that I have done, for if someone prefers Modest with these new features.

PD: It doesn't fix the "crash" error message what all world seems suffer except me.

The new look is this:

Re: Modest more finger friendly and with move in the toolbar
 

had to launch modest twice to get the new folder look, but beyond that, looks good :)

not that i use either, much...

now i wonder, could you do something a bit more radical, like say:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2583

Re: Modest more finger friendly and with move in the toolbar
 

Thanks! Please, upload your patches to the specific Bugzilla entries so they can be reviewed and/or integrated in the next release(s). :)

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Great, Yerga. And I love the fact that I can move mails from one account to another. Thanks.

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would it be at all possible to get even spacing between the icons?

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Hi i updated with this patches but when i launch modest there are no changes, done all but the same old UI nothing happens.

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close and launch again.

oh, and make sure you dont have a modest process hanging around in memory...

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how do you check if it hangs in memory

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by having either load-applet or osso-statusbar-cpu installed and active, then while modest isnt running, hit either of them and go to "list processes" (load-applet) or "show processes" (osso-statusbar-cpu). if either of these show modest, its still lingering in ram.

another way, if you have multiple accounts in modest, is to leave it in the non-default account when closing it. if you then start it back up, and its still in the non-default account, its stuck in memory...

top or htop in the terminal are also possible options.

i think top is installed pr default, htop on the other hand is not (and i dont recall if its available in extras, or some other repo).

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I would like this too. Aparently, to do this you just need to change one line in the code. But the option was never given a way to toggle it in the gui. And, without the gui option I am out of luck!

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i have killed modest in the osso-st-cpu process have updated, the scroll bars changed but the folders remained unchanged.

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figures...

by the sound of it, it will be a problem for imap users, but for pop users it will just show the inbox anyways. but as imap is king, one hard code it to benefit the imap users...

i keep feeling that i would have been better served by osso-mail with a new interface vs this sillyness...

hmm, is the osso-mail code available?

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Updating the package, this one has the patch for multiple accounts in the folder view.

Try it!

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seems to work perfectly.

but then i have just two simple pop3 accounts.

i wonder how the experience will be for someone with multiple large gmail accounts ;)

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wow thanks. I might give it a try.

Question: What are possible problems with installing this? If nokia comes out with an update for Modest, will the update not install over this patch? Are we able to remove this patch once it is installed and revert back to the original application?

thanks

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Yes, no problem with it.
I haven't changed the version number from the original one, so when an update comes it will overwrite this version as if it is the original one. Of course this changes wont' be present in the updated version (except if Nokia put it in that version).

Re: Modest more finger friendly and with move in the toolbar
 

That is a good question since Modest is getting significant changes to its code... watch out when the next SSU System Software update show up.

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thanks for the warning.

still, could these changes be refined and folded into modest?

like say, adding a option about multiple accounts on screen at the same time and so on?

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so will this be updated for the post-ssu modest?

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Yes, here.

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Did you send your patches to upstream? Are your recent updates in sync with the last updates from Nokia's recent SSU?

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Sure. I returned from my vacations today, so soon I will update the package.

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It seems the source code for the last update of modest isn't available in any repository.

Have you seen it or should I open a bug report?

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yerga, I'd say open a bug. Nokia haven't updated the repos for the SSU update, I know because kernel-source-diablo is the version pre-SSU.

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I will do, it's a bad thing.

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And indeed you have: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3648

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Sorry, I missed this post in its time.
I uploaded some of the patchs to the bug reports, but the main problem is the Nokia UI specification doesn't allow to Modest developers change the UI with this changes (or others). We will see in Fremantle.


Btw, as the sources are now in the repositories, I am applying the patchs to the last modest version, I will upload the deb package in some time today.

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Here we go.

This is the modified modest with the last SSU with the features explained in the post. A summary for lazy people who don't wanna read the last posts ;)

* Folder view finger-sized. MB#2553
* Move to folder button in the main view. MB#2554
* Show all accounts in the folder view. MB#2583

Note that the last SSU update is version 4.2008.36-5, while that the last modest version is 1.0-2008.35. Don't worry about it, is the right modest version.

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installed, and it works. thanks :D

where do i send the beer money? ;)

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It's better face-to-face, sure I will go to Norway some day, then we will talk ;)