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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdepim/kmail
From:       Ingo =?utf-8?q?Kl=C3=B6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-04-14 21:34:42
Message-ID: 200504142334.44756 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Thursday 14 April 2005 18:44, Till Adam wrote:
> On Thursday 14 April 2005 16:26, Carsten Burghardt wrote:
> > Till Adam sagte:
> > > CVS commit by tilladam:
> > >
> > > Don't show a big ol' error dialog when the connection to an imap
> > > server times out or gets broken. Write an informative string to
> > > the status bar instead. Carsten, ok?
> >
> > Hmmm, yes. When you have an unstable connection this is probably
> > less annoying. But what about people with a stable connection? When
> > this breaks you probably will not notice a status msg. Especially
> > because this will be overwritten very soon.
> > Sounds like an offline feature where you could suspend the
> > account...
>
> Well, my connection drops a few times a day, for example, and the
> error message gets old very quickly even then. If you're on a
> wireless link with occasional drop outs, it becomes a major
> annoyance. I'm not sure if there is a reliable way to detect a stable
> or unstable connection, but to me the loss of information to users
> with a stable connection is outweighed by the reduced annoyance for
> the others. Also, since if the connection cannot be re-established
> when you change to another mail, for example, you _will_ get an error
> dialog, I think those with a stable connection which goes down are
> covered reasonably well.

Add a "Don't annoy me again" checkbox to the error message and show a 
status message in any case.

> > > Backport?
> >
> > Not sure. Is this really a fix? I know that there are some
> > complaints about this error msg but it's not really a bug, is it.
>
> Well, it's an annoyance. I'm not so sure myself. On the other hand,
> it's not dangerous either. Opinions?

The fact that it adds new strings and doesn't fix a critical bug 
backporting the change isn't really an option.

Regards,
Ingo

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