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Bug 427066
Opened 17 years ago
Updated 10 months ago
always show IMAP quota when available from server
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)
Thunderbird
Mail Window Front End
Tracking
(Not tracked)
NEW
People
(Reporter: bob.lord, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: [workaround:comment 4])
Today someone asked me when Thunderbird introduced the mail quota UI element in the statusbar. He had never seen it before. The reason is that the UI element only shows up when you are approaching the quota's limit. Only today did he pass some IMAP usage mark, triggering the quota UI element to show up. UI elements that come and go seemingly without cause can confuse even experienced users. I propose that TB always show that UI element when there is an IMAP quota in place. Further, I propose that the UI element show some sort of indication of how close to the quote I am. Options might include showing green/yellow/red as I approach the limit, or possible showing a yellow warning triangle with an exclamation mark in it (is there a shorthand name for that thingy?).
Comment 1•17 years ago
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these do exist, see mail.quota.mainwindow_threshold.show/warning/critical x < show -- hidden show < x warning -- green warning < x < critical -- amber critical < x -- red so this boils down to setting mail.quota.mainwindow_threshold.show=0 and adding an icon
I just set mail.quota.mainwindow_threshold.show=0 and the quota does indeed show up. I'm at 24% now, and the color of the bar is the same color of gray as the rest of the chrome. That seems ok to me. What do people think of setting this value to 0 by default?
Updated•17 years ago
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Summary: IMAP quota UI improvements → always show IMAP quota when available
Comment 3•17 years ago
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It was implemented like with those prefs not to waste precious screen space. I don't think people need to care about their quota unless it's approaching the max.
Severity: normal → enhancement
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: PC → All
Comment 4•16 years ago
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As workaround using Display Quota addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/881
Comment 5•10 years ago
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(In reply to Nikolay Shopik from comment #4) > As workaround using Display Quota addon > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/881 still works with daily development build There is however bug 841906, bug 242396 (perhaps), bug 533841
Component: General → Mail Window Front End
Summary: always show IMAP quota when available → always show IMAP quota when available from server
Whiteboard: [workaround:comment 4]
I wish there would be a slider/spinbox to change mail.quota.mainwindow_threshold.show
value via Option > General window (under Network and Disk Space?). This way people can change the value to the threshold they want, keeping 75% as a default value.
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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