1.5.1-25.4-dev7.1

[Kostya Vasilyev]

http://www.aqua-mail.com/download/AquaMail-market-1.5.1-25.4-dev7.1.apk

Mirror just in case:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ysd58v1xvtfyhcj/AquaMail-market-1.5.1-25.4-dev7.1.apk?dl=0

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+ Updated translations (thanks, everyone)

+ Theme / color / styling fixes here, there, and everywhere

+ Phone sized devices: when the action bar is at the top, and there is little room for icons, "select" and "refresh" will be hidden - use "pull to select" and "pull to refresh".

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+ Обновленные переводы

+ Мелкие исправления цветов, стилей, тем - там и сям.

+ Телефоны (не планшеты): когда панель иконок расположена сверху, и там мало места, то иконки "выделить все" и "обновить" будут скрыты. Используйте "потянуть чтобы выделить" и "потянуть чтобы обновить".

[stevealb]

I notice that the action buttons in the message list and when editing an email are now at the top of the screen and not at the bottom. Can you have an option to have the buttons remain at the bottom, as it facilitates one handed operation of the phone. Having the buttons at the top requires me to stretch my thumb further than it goes or to use 2 hands. Many thanks for a great program.

[mikeone]

I notice that the action buttons in the message list and when editing an email are now at the top of the screen and not at the bottom. Can you have an option to have the buttons remain at the bottom, as it facilitates one handed operation of the phone. Having the buttons at the top requires me to stretch my thumb further than it goes or to use 2 hands. Many thanks for a great program.

I guess there will be a conflict with the new FAB (Floating Action Button). This feature you can disable in app settings section 'Look and feel'.

[stevealb]

That worked. By disabling the floating button, the bottom buttons came back. Is there any way to have both?

[pyler]

And what about our suggestion posted some time ago related to Pull to refresh all accounts on main app page?

[mikeone]

That worked. By disabling the floating button, the bottom buttons came back. Is there any way to have both?

As noted in my post before I think there is a conflict between "FAB" and "icons on the bottom" as both features are using the same area.
I am sure that Kostya is aware of this matter and is working on it for a solution...if there is ever a way to do this.

[mikeone]

Does anyone noticed the new swipe functionality "multi select" in the duo pane mode?
Now you can move several selected messages at once by drag and drop to another folder.
Thank you Kostya. Great thing :-)

[Kostya Vasilyev]

>> the action buttons in the message list and when editing an email are now at the top of the screen and not at the bottom

Yes.

>> Can you have an option to have the buttons remain at the bottom

No I can't. The "contextual action bar" (when you have something selected) shows in the location of "regular action bar" (when you don't have anything selected). It's an Android UI pattern, and it's Android system code drawing both. I can only move both up or down (on some devices, in some cases).

>> Pull to refresh all accounts

I'm starting to warm up to the idea, but it's only been a few days, and I'm the slowest developer in the world.

>> conflict between "FAB" and "icons on the bottom" as both features are using the same area

Correct.

>>  Kostya is aware of this matter and is working on it for a solution

I'm not -- it's one or the other. FAB or icon bar along the bottom, except:

>> When your device will be upgraded to Android 5 Lollipop, your choice will be limited to FAB, since bottom icon bar is not supported by Android 5 specs

Correct, but I'll clarify further:

Bottom icon bar is not supported by the Android 5.0's native Material theme (with the new checkboxes and animations).

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77632

Closed as "working as intended". Will not come back.

Aqua will use the native 5.0 Material theme for its "Juicy Colors" theme, so the FAB will always be enabled, and icon along the top (all one of them: search, ... and maybe the "three dots" overflow icon).

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This is Google's design direction, and it's "design" in the broad sense: how things look and how they work, what is and is not supported by system code.

This direction includes: more whitespace, fewer visible control elements (buttons, etc.), gestures rather than on-screen buttons, just to name a few things.

Has anyone noticed the recently added "pull to select"?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

>> Now you can move several selected messages at once by drag and drop to another folder

That's only been there for about two years, glad you noticed

[mikeone]

>> Now you can move several selected messages at once by drag and drop to another folder

That's only been there for about two years, glad you noticed

Hahaha Kostya,
You are perhaps the 'slowest developer on earth'... but  I'm sure the' slowest user on earth '...
 

[pyler]

We are ready to wait for the greatest features ever developed.

[mikeone]

Correct, but I'll clarify further:

Bottom icon bar is not supported by the Android 5.0's native Material theme (with the new checkboxes and animations).

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77632

Closed as "working as intended". Will not come back.

Aqua will use the native 5.0 Material theme for its "Juicy Colors" theme, so the FAB will always be enabled, and icon along the top (all one of them: search, ... and maybe the "three dots" overflow icon).

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This is Google's design direction, and it's "design" in the broad sense: how things look and how they work, what is and is not supported by system code.

This direction includes: more whitespace, fewer visible control elements (buttons, etc.), gestures rather than on-screen buttons, just to name a few things.

That does not sound good. Pity...

[Kostya Vasilyev]

>> That does not sound good. Pity

It seems questionable to me to, but neither you nor I are the ones making those decisions.

I'm going to keep using the old pre-5.0 Holo themes as the base for the old "light" and "dark" themes in Aqua, even when running on 5.0, so it will continue to be possible to turn off the floating action button and get icons along the bottom.

The Juicy Colors theme will use the native 5.0 Material theme, forcing the floating action button.

At least, and it's the most I can do, I'll be giving my users a choice.

[mikeone]

"Okay,  Google..."
sorry:
"Okay,  Kostya... " Maybe it could be a solution to use a "floating +" button to create a substitute for the bottom action bar to choose actions like compose, delete, mark read/unread,  move to folder, ...
It's just an idea I got from the "new" Inbox by Gmail app

Update:
eventually the current FAB ("compose pen") could be replaced by this "floating +" button after selecting one or more messages in the message view list.

[mikeone]

Mikeone,

I approve this idea - previously discussed, you remember?


http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=2867.msg13002.msg#13002

Yes, I remember this discussion:
http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=2867.msg13002#msg13002

Maybe the "floating  +" button could be THAT *one* Master button.

Update:
eventually the current FAB ("compose pen") could be replaced by this "floating +" button after selecting one or more messages in the message view list.