Warn before close

[robertl]

Hi,

Here is a question asked of me by our user base.

> 1. Golden oldie: Can Zimbra warn me before I accidentally close a
> message that I've composed but not sent? (After losing work a few
> times, I'm way more careful now. But it would be good to have an
> insurance policy.)

Does anyone forsee that happening in the future as a feature? I know with apps like DotProject that the browser will prompt when trying to close an unsaved session so I was just wondering if that kind of behavior will show up in Zimbra someday.

Thanks,
Bob

[dkarp]

You're talking about when the user tries to close the browser window, right? If you just try to go to a different part of the Zimbra app, it should prompt you to save the unsent message as a draft.

[robertl]

That is correct. This is a browser shutdown thing not the app. Users are using Firefox under windows.
I know Zimbra is an AJAX app and as opposed to some php thing like Dotproject it might be harder to make it chime in with a "You have unsaved data on this page..." type of warning.
I was just wondering if it might be a future thing.

Thanks,
Bob

[pshah]

This feature was implemented awhile ago. Not sure why you're not seeing this already? For example, everytime I log into my Zimbra account and attempt to navigate to a different website or even try to close the browser window, I get a confirmation dialog (see attached screenshot).

Do you not get this?

[poulperouge]

well on zimbra Open source 5.0.2 i have exactly the same problem.... that kind of alert only appear on the admin console, not on the web client....

no ideas?

[pshah]

We re-did the logic on this due to a lot of complaints about being prompted everytime you want to close the browser.

So you should only get prompted now when editing something (i.e. composing a message, editing a contact, etc).

If doing something that wont cause you to lose any info such as reading your mail or viewing your calendar, and you close your browser, you won't be prompted.

[poulperouge]

well according to me that is a bad thing because people often close the window because they don t take care .... the warning was a good thing fot that....

well....