1099067 - Chat does not display date

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, defect)

Description

[Matthis]

Attachment: Chat_with_DateBar2.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0
Build ID: 20141106120505

Steps to reproduce:

I use a chat everyday for a very low frequency chat, like 3-4 messages per day, always around lunch time ;-)



Actual results:

The chat windows displays the messages and at the right the time.


Expected results:

In addition to the time, it would be helpful if the date would be displayed (or if that was configurable), because I am always unsure what day the message was sent.
One even better way could be to have a separation line between days (similar to how it is done in WhatsApp). With a separating line, it would be sufficient to display the time only (looks nicer I guess).
See attached screenshots for a suggestion how it could look like with a separation line.

Comment 1

[aleth [:aleth]]

After bug 1025522 lands all that is needed to do something similar is to add session start ruler CSS for TB.

Comment 2

[Matthis]

Thank you for your very quick response. 
Sometimes sessions might be longer than 1 day and sometimes there might be multiple sessions per day. 
I personally would like to have one line per day, thus separating the chat into days, not sessions.
Or is this possible using "sessions start rule CSS"?

Comment 3

[aleth [:aleth]]

(In reply to Matthis from comment #2)
> I personally would like to have one line per day, thus separating the chat
> into days, not sessions.

If you look at the linked bug, you'll find its purpose is to stop sessions growing too long, in particular there will automatically be a new session every day.

Comment 4

[Matthis]

I should have read more than just the title & original report. After reading all comments I agree that the solution for bug 1025522 should be helpful for adding separators to the chat.

Comment 5

[aleth [:aleth]]

Bug 955312 would also help here.