[Evolution-hackers] moving messages is visually slow
Hi, I've noticed that moving messages takes considerably more time than deleting them. Visually when I delete a message I see the item disappear almost instantly, I'd like to achieve the same thing when I move a message. Is there any way to achieve this? Maybe hiding the selected items and then move them? I couldn't find anything related to hiding messages (except a boolean for hiding the deleted ones) Cheers! -- David ___ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
Re: [Evolution-hackers] moving messages is visually slow
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 11:10 -0300, David Roguin wrote: I've noticed that moving messages takes considerably more time than deleting them. Visually when I delete a message I see the item disappear almost instantly, I'd like to achieve the same thing when I move a message. Is there any way to achieve this? Maybe hiding the selected items and then move them? I couldn't find anything related to hiding messages (except a boolean for hiding the deleted ones) Deleting a message really just tags the message to be deleted when the mail folder is expunged at some later date. It's a fast local operation which you don't even have to be online for, since tags are synchronized with remote mail servers in batches. You can do View - Show Deleted Messages and see the messages tagged for later deletion. Your Trash folder, by the way, is just a live query for these tagged messages across your entire account. Moving a message involves appending a copy to the destination folder and then marking the original for later deletion. This naturally takes much longer, and we don't want to mark the original message for deletion until we're sure the copy was successfully appended to the destination. Otherwise we risk data loss if the append fails for some reason. I suppose we could play more tricks with the message list to give the appearance that messages are removed instantly, but the message list is already rife with such tricks, and each new one makes it harder to keep the logic clear and thus harder to maintain. I'm happy to review a patch, though, if you still want to attempt it. Matthew Barnes ___ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
Re: [Evolution-hackers] moving messages is visually slow
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 10:44 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 11:10 -0300, David Roguin wrote: I've noticed that moving messages takes considerably more time than deleting them. Visually when I delete a message I see the item disappear almost instantly, I'd like to achieve the same thing when I move a message. [snip] I suppose we could play more tricks with the message list to give the appearance that messages are removed instantly, but the message list is already rife with such tricks, and each new one makes it harder to keep the logic clear and thus harder to maintain. I'm happy to review a patch, though, if you still want to attempt it. Please make sure that you have a good way to inform the user so that he knows Evolution is busy. He needs to know when it is okay to suspend the laptop or pull the networking cable out. -- Knowledge Is Power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
Re: [Evolution-hackers] moving messages is visually slow
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 17:03 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: Please make sure that you have a good way to inform the user so that he knows Evolution is busy. He needs to know when it is okay to suspend the laptop or pull the networking cable out. That's what the task bar at the bottom is for. ___ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
