"Mark read" in Message view | since 1.6.0-14-dev1

[mikeone]

Hi Kostya,
I realized that something is messed up with the option "Mark messages as read" in message view since version 1.6.0-14-dev1.
> In this version you have added the option "When closing" (Settings > Message view > Mark messages as read >...)

However, all available options (including the new one "When closing" ) are now without function regardless of which were selected.

1. open an unread message > go back to message list > message is always marked as unread: no matter which option is set.
2. open an unread message > in the Overflow menu appears the option "Mark read": If I remember correctly,  the option "Mark unread" was displayed in the previous version 1.5.9.14.
3. open an read message > in the Overflow menu appears the option "Mark unread": correct - exactly as before

I wonder if anyone else has noted this yet ...

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Set "mark read" -> immediately, opened unread message, it got marked read (you can tell in message header), went back to message list, message is marked read there too.

Tried 5 seconds too, if I want long enough in message view for it to be marked read, then back out, it's marked read in message list.

Tried "when closing", and I can see it getting marked read when I back out to message list.

So, working fine here, we must be missing something.

Do you swipe back and forth at all in message view?

Perhaps you use "sort by unread first" in message list -- message view will detect this and use "mark read when closing" automatically.

Maybe something else?

[mikeone]

Perhaps you use "sort by unread first" in message list -- message view will detect this and use "mark read when closing" automatically.

Maybe something else?

My setting is "Sort" > "Unread + Starred first" which leads to the same behavior.
If these options are disabled, the issue disappears.

I will try to catch the issue in a debug log...

Changing to the option "Starred first" in Message list will also solve this problem...

Thus, the issue is only related with option "Menu > Unread first" or option "Menu > Sort > Unread + Starred first".

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Yes, and this is intentional --

-- so that if the user opens say "second message from top" (say, surrounded by two other unread messages)...

... and the message gets marked read ...

... the message won't lose its position in the (now invisible) list, and swiping to the next unread message is still possible.

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It used to work somewhat differently before conversation view, but the motivation is the same -- for swiping to not lose the message's position when it's opened and marked read.

[mikeone]

I understand.

Thanks for your time to explain the logic "behind the scene". And yes, it seems to need that different way due to the new conversation view.

Most likely it's just a matter of getting used to... at least for me 

[Kostya Vasilyev]

FWIW --

In Outlook (Windows app, Office 365, Hotmail) messages are too marked read when you switch out of them, not immediately.

Whatever way they're sorted.

So this should be already familiar to at least some users.

[mikeone]

My issue was solved with build 1.6.0.1-6:

http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=4183.msg22621#msg22621

Thanks Kostya for listening to the users concerns

Regards
Mikeone