Am 15.11.2012 21:23, schrieb Cor Bosman:
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 8:31 PM, "A.L.E.C" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/15/2012 12:48 AM, Michael Heydekamp wrote:
>>> Therefore I herewith apply for that both skins share the same core
>>> functionality. This is currently not the case, as I had to learn yesterday
>>> (using the addressbook during composing).
>>
>> For me there's no reason for using contact widget in compose screen.
>> It's useless.
> 
> I really dont think you can make such bold statements. I made the
> compose_addressbook plugin not because I like writing and maintaining
> plugins, but because i got tons of questions and complaints from actual
> users  about how to add contacts from their addressbook in the compose
> screen. It was just not obvious that starting to type something would
> actually search in your addressbook. If you have 100,000 customers, if
> only 10% ask you this, is starts to become _really_ annoying.
> 
> Maybe some of them would have been fine with just typing, but it turns
> out a lot of people dont really want that. They want to see what they
> have. Maybe they cant quite remember the person they're looking for, maybe
> they type really slow, maybe they're elderly and dont remember how things

> A visible, clickable, item on the screen helps. Having a
> clickable addressbook in your mail client is pretty much a standard item,
> for a reason.

I totally agree!

> Having said that, i dont think you should backport it to classic. I dont
> agree with Michael that classic should remain to be supported.

Well, it has been said:

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Am 07.08.2012 22:26, schrieb Thomas Bruederli:

> We're proud to finally announce the release of version 0.8 with the
> brand new skin, codename "Larry", becoming the new default UI for
> Roundcube. After two preview releases and a lot of fine-tuning, the
> new design by http://bueroflint.com has now grown up. But to all the
> nostalgics out there: don't worry! The old skin still remains part of
> the package and will be maintained for at least one more major
> release.
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"At least"! And if it will be maintained, that can only mean to me
"maintained".

Just being (still) existent without having the same functionality, is
different to being "maintained".

> And besides that, my plugin functionally works fine
> for classic so why put time in that at all?

Well, it doesn't, as you should be aware. At least not with 0.9-git. Did
you forget what we are still discussing at length (dead buttons and the
like)?

> It's good to hear you guys might be looking at adjusting the vertical and
> horizontal spacing of the larry theme.

Yeah, bit I must have missed any word about vertical spacing. Where did you
read that...?

Regards,
-- 
Michael Heydekamp
Co-Admin freexp.de
Düsseldorf/Germany
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