Thank you. This is a real pitty. For years I used Squirrelmail, but now, when I introduced Roundcube to my users, they immediately wanted to switch. It is done, roundcube is our new webmailer. Good bye, Squirrelmail, it was a nice time after all :) frank Am 28.11.2012 um 11:21 schrieb Fredrik Jervfors: >> since some years I have SquirrelMail in use on my servers for my >> customers and me. At the moment I am running the “newest” version 1.4.22 >> from 15. July 2011. >> >> I wonder why the design and the functions are so “old-school” like. >> It looks like Web 1.0 or before, but I miss some stylish new design with >> the use of AJAX and so on, like other webmailers using today. > > I think the reason is that no person has stepped up and offered a patch > with AJAX. I think that the biggest reason for SquirrelMail loosing ground > is that the UI is quite old-school. > >> Is there any development going in this direction, which I missed since >> yet? I didn’t find anything about this on the website of squirrelmail. > > Our development branch contains code which makes it possible to build a > more modern UI, but the persons doing most of the work in that direction > aren't contributing actively anymore. It's a pity, but that just how > things are. Anyway, check out the 1.5.2 snapshots to try out the more > advanced SquirrelMail UI, and feel free to send in any patches you might > have. > >> Just to test, I installed the Webmailer “Roundcube” and this looks much >> newer to me. > > Roundcube certainly is eye pleasing (I've seen screenshots). I haven't > used it or looked at the code, so I can't compare it to SquirrelMail > function-wise. > > Sincerely, > Fredrik > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? > Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
