574655 - Display "Offline" status in program window's title bar when Thunderbird is working offline

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

This is similar to Bug 547486 but applies to Thunderbird in all platforms.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> This is similar to Bug 547486 but applies to Thunderbird in all platforms.

so why a new bug and not just change that bug to All/All ?

Comment 2

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

Because that bug is about Camino, not Thunderbird.  And changing that bug without knowledge about MacOS or Camino is acting like vandalizing other's work.  So I prefer I separate bug.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

thunderbird RFE are typically left unconfirmed in bugzilla unless there is strong demand or developer desire to have it fixed.  so => unco

Comment 4

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

Sorry, I don't agree.  Request can only be accepted or refused.
If the status is all you want, I could confirm it.

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Sorry, I don't agree.  Request can only be accepted or refused.

and at this stage, it is neither accepted nor refused. please don't change it again.

Comment 7

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

This bug needs more details:
- Which exact string should be added, and where within the title?
- For which tabs/windows: All or excluding some tab/window types?

My suggestion:
- proposed string & position: Add " (Offline)" at the end of current title
- tabs: As long as "work offline" is not account-specific (bug 312619), add offline status in window title regardless of which type of tab is displayed (because even when user is reading something specific e.g. a mail message, he should be made aware that he's not currently receiving new messages)
- compose window: not sure... TB changes "Send" button to "Send later" when offline, so some indication is given, but it's not explicit. Not sure why the compose window isn't branded: "Mozilla Thunderbird" string is absent. So currently we just display "Write: Full Subject", where it doesn't seem ideal to just add " (Offline)" to that.

Same RFE is currently confirmed ("NEW") for the following products:
- SeaMonkey: bug 574666
- Firefox: bug 574653
- Camino: Bug 547486

Given that, and with a bit more detail (as provided in this comment), I think this is ready to be confirmed for Thunderbird, too.

Comment 8

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

It would be nice if the word "Offline" is at the beginning of the string so it's very visible.  It would also be nice that compose window's title also has the word (that's why the previous title of the bug used "windows" in plural form)