310216 - Compose winow stops responding while downloading mail

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Phil Stracchino]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

The compose windowI becomes totally unresponsive whenever Thunderbird is
downloading mail.  You can open a new compose window while mail is being
downloaded, but you cannot type, and the window will not refresh.  This problem
has existed at least since 1.0.4.  Control does not return to the user until all
mail has been downloaded.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Send yourself an arbitrary test message with a large file attachment, then check
your mail.  While the message is downloading, open a compose window and try to
type a message or address it.
Actual Results:  
You will be unable to compose or address any message while mail is downloading.

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird is threaded.  Surely it should be able to walk and chew gum -- er, I
mean, download and compose mail -- at the same time.  I can READ mail while
other mail is downloading; why can't I write it too?

Sometimes, notably when first starting Thunderbird, the whole message-list
window is unresponsive as well until the initial batch of mail has been downloaded.

Comment 1

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported 2.0.0.x is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 2

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported 2.0.0.x is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 3

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to the last question(s). If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.

Comment 4

[Phil Stracchino]

Sorry, didn't receive the prior queries.  

Using 2.0.0.14 or 2.0.0.16 I am currently unable to reproduce.  

Comment 5

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

-> WFM as per comment #4.