M3-436 mail UI seems to be behaving improperly

[adobrin]

After upgrading to M3-436 the UI seems to be behaving strangely.

Initial load of the UI shows "Show Preview Pane" as the main drop down selection for "View" (it should not be there, it should list "Message" and "Conversation"). This problem fixes itself after a bit of fooling around. (but only for that session.).

Some (appearing to be HTML messages) are not loading when I double click on them. Initially (before the "preview pane" problem is fixed) clicking on messages adds a "sash" control to the screen, kindof right under the Zimbra logo. After the other problem has been fixed, it drills down appropriately to the "Message View". However clicking on HTML messages in Message view loads a blank email with only the "External images have not been displayed" dialog (this button does nothing).

I don't appear to have any errors in zimbra.log, /v/l/messages or /v/l/secure. I haven't gotten any complaints from any other users, so this may not be reproducable on windows. I have reproduced it under FF1.5 on Ubuntu Linux (two separate machines).

I thought initially this could be a javascript caching problem, but after several refreshes, it continues.

[adobrin]

I cleared the Cache in the browser. The "Sash" issue seems to have been corrected. I still am not correctly displaying those HTML pages. (same effect, blank page, "images were not displayed" dialog, with no effect). I am fairly certain they were displaying correctly under the previous build.

[bobby]

i don't know if this fits your observation, but the View dropdown menu will only show Reading Pane while viewing a specific conversation in Conversation View.

we have bug 5100 open about some (multipart mime) messages not displaying; it *does* happen in firefox on windows and mac as well. we're still tracking down the problem, so you can send us the full mime message (as an attachment) if you'd like.

[adobrin]

Bobby, the problem was most likely because of cached javascript, but i was seeing the option from the "Message View" in the "Conversation View". Regardless, that issue was solved by clearing cache.

As far as the MIME messages, these are messages that were displaying properly in M2/M3-346, and just after upgrading to M3-436 began to not display. It appears to be *all* HTML messages, though attachments are working correctly.

[adobrin]

sorry for the confusion, but i've now reproduced the Sash issue after cache was clearer. After refreshing, I am brought into the Conversation View, but the "View" button has "Reading Pane" as its only option. (It should say here "Message View, Conversation view"). I get a resize sash placed in an odd place with no window attached to it. If i deselect Reading Pane, which was previously selected, then double click on a message, it drills me down to the Message view, then i can close out of the message view, and the Conversation View has the correct options listed in the view button.

this symptom may occur after attempting to open a HTML message that is not displayable from the converation view.

This error from zimbra.log may also be useful

2006-01-10 00:23:11,193 INFO  [Convertd-28] [] ProtocolHandler - Exception occurred while handling connection
java.nio.channels.AsynchronousCloseException
        at java.nio.channels.spi.AbstractInterruptibleChannel.end(AbstractInterruptibleChannel.java:185)
        at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:236)
        at sun.nio.ch.SocketAdaptor$SocketInputStream.read(SocketAdaptor.java:171)
        at sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream.read(ChannelInputStream.java:86)
        at java.io.InputStream.read(InputStream.java:89)
        at sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream.read(ChannelInputStream.java:64)
        at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:66)
        at com.zimbra.cs.convertd.TransformationHandler.processCommand(TransformationHandler.java:95)
        at com.zimbra.cs.tcpserver.ProtocolHandler.processConnection(ProtocolHandler.java:230)
        at com.zimbra.cs.tcpserver.ProtocolHandler.run(ProtocolHandler.java:197)        at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

[bobby]

could you post a screenshot of the sash? i don't think i've seen that before. that java error doesn't look related on the surface; or maybe to the html message not displaying

[adobrin]

This occurs after opening the eFax message, pretty sure any HTML formatted message (maybe with tables?) will produce the same effect.

btw. you all should increase the file size limits for uploads.

edit: to clarify, the redacted message list is in "Conversation View" not "Message View."

[KevinH]

btw. you all should increase the file size limits for uploads.

I bumped .zip and .tgz files to 150k which will let you attach larger files if they are compressed. Current limit for most image sizes is 75k. Raw .txt files can be 40k.

[adobrin]

Observation, not sure if you've all seen this. It appears that *all* the messages render properly if you hit "Reply" from the Conversation View.

[adobrin]

dunno if this helps at all. ?debug=3 returns;

 ----- ***** CONV: start -----
[62 / 62] ***** CONV: load
[64 / 2] ***** CONV: render
negative pixel value: -24
negative pixel value: -24
----- ***** CONV: start -----
[55 / 55] ***** CONV: load
[57 / 2] ***** CONV: render
[124 / 67] ***** CONV: msg selection
pushView: 2
hidden size: 0
hiding TOP TOOLBAR for view 1
hiding APP CONTENT for view 1
1 hidden
app view mgr: current view is now 2
showing 2, waiting on 2; skip = undefined
fitting to container: TOP TOOLBAR
fitting to container: APP CONTENT
Container bounds for TOP TOOLBAR: 221, 47 | 695 x 26
Container bounds for APP CONTENT: 217, 76 | 705 x 387
2 shown
[7218 / 7094] ***** CONV: msg selection
[7355 / 137] ***** CONV: msg selection
ZmObjectManager created by: ZmMailMsgView
ZmObjectManager: addHandler com_zimbra_tracking
ZmObjectManager: addHandler com_zimbra_phone
ZmObjectManager: addHandler com_zimbra_amzn
ZmObjectManager: addHandler com_zimbra_bugz
createView: 4
[24308 / 16953] ***** CONV: msg selection
[24466 / 158] ***** CONV: msg selection
pushView: 4
hidden size: 1
hiding TOP TOOLBAR for view 2
hiding APP CONTENT for view 2
2 hidden
app view mgr: current view is now 4
showing 4, waiting on 4; skip = undefined
fitting to container: TOP TOOLBAR
fitting to container: APP CONTENT
Container bounds for TOP TOOLBAR: 221, 47 | 695 x 26
Container bounds for APP CONTENT: 217, 76 | 705 x 387
4 shown
[24771 / 305] ***** CONV: msg selection