Feature sketch pad

This is a page intended for developers to sketch and discuss ideas for new features or improvements.

State and error reporting

Purpose: Report all kinds of errors, exceptional states, progress, and pending actions to the user.

Errors to report:

• Login problems
• SSL/TLS certificate errors
• Failing commands (e.g. tried to move a message that was deleted by another client)
• Caught unexpected exceptions (don't notify, but store for "status" activity)?

Exceptional states:

• No network connection but network operation requested (push activated, automatic poll overdue, manual poll requested)
• Mail stored on SD card but SD card not available

Progress:

• Message synchronization progress
• Message sending progress
• Uploading (e.g. a draft) progress
• Pending actions
• Compacting account

UI elements:

• Notification in the Android status bar (opens "status" activity)
• "Status" activity
  • Show current and past errors
  • Some errors require user interaction (e.g. accept new SSL/TLS certificate) -> Tap on entry to start?
  • Button to send errors with stack traces per email
  • Show pending actions (button to cancel them)
  • Filter list by type

New setup wizard

See issue 2331