New sonic.net webmail application

[aw]

I don't see this as a big crisis. Sonic is not the only ISP in the world. It may be the best one, but the second best is likely to be good enough for my needs. I'll give it a week or so, and see whether management at Sonic comes to its senses and reverses the decision to unplug all the old web mail.

Are there any other ISPs that offer Squirrel Mail? I haven't seen any.

[Guest]

I don't see this as a big crisis. Sonic is not the only ISP in the world. It may be the best one, but the second best is likely to be good enough for my needs. I'll give it a week or so, and see whether management at Sonic comes to its senses and reverses the decision to unplug all the old web mail.

Individuals at Sonic have said they would most likely push the drop-dead date forward since there are quite a few legitimate bugs that need to be worked out. What they will do about the current backlash remains to be seen--I'm hoping some sort of compromise could be reached to satisfy most of the complaints.

The new webmail client also has support for skins but they are not populated correctly. There's "sonic" and another called "larry." There should be more.

[Guest]

The new webmail client also has support for skins but they are not populated correctly. There's "sonic" and another called "larry." There should be more.

I can only pray they'll be named "curly" and "moe."

[virtualmike]

The new webmail client also has support for skins but they are not populated correctly. There's "sonic" and another called "larry." There should be more.

I can only pray they'll be named "curly" and "moe."

Would you settle for "daryl" and "darrill"?

[Guest]

Are you going to offer classes for the new beta webmail? I know there must be a better way than to just try to figure it out..... I will miss the Nuts mail...... It is very simple, and met my needs. Like many of the other posts, I wish you would keep the old ones, so we can choose. I'd hate to have to leave Sonic.net.

[Guest]

Did Sonic ever give a class on Nutsmail?

[b0sch]

As I said in the legacy webmail thread, I can certainly understand the desire to consolidate the number of webmail choices currently available on Sonic.net. But I do not understand why the solution necessitates an all-or-nothing approach. Why not consolidate by retaining a single simpler legacy webmail option, rather than doing away with every currently available choice in favour of the Wundermail/Roundcube webmail? If it ain't broke, don't fix it; why force every Sonic.net user into a one-size-fits-all 'cure' worse than the 'disease'?

[Guesty Guesterson]

Squirrelmail works pretty well with screen-readers that blind, visually-impaired, and otherwise disabled persons may use.

A Google Search shows that RoundCube does not work so well.
Google: roundcube "screen reader" squirrelmail

Sonic could be setting themselves up for an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit (or several of them) if they don't offer a screen-reader compatible (i.e. simpler & text-based) alternative.

[Guesty Guesterson]

Also...
When I try to use RoundCube's 'right-click' features, the options are obscured by my OS's contextual menu (which is also activated by a click of the right mouse-button). Seems like a bug (or at least an annoyance) in the RoundCube Interface. Please continue to offer SquirrelMail.

G.G.


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[kavan]

Comments from my wife regarding the new web-based e-mail: "It's even slower than the old one. Not usable in the afternoon".

The "slow" comment I have to explain: We live in an area where internet speed is variable, and at times pretty slow; when lots of neighbors are watching netflix or similar internet media streams, out speed drops to a few hundred kilobit per second.

In an attempt to quantify the comments about it being slow we did try to test using an old Windows XP laptop on dial up. Admittedly probably a relatively fast dial up connection as our lines are pretty good quality but we were unable to duplicate the slowness except in the instance of loading a message with a 1 MB embedded image which did take about 2x longer than squirrelmail. Everything else was very close.

Can you tell us more about your setup (browser, accelerator programs, computer speed and memory) so we can attempt to verify what may be causing the reported slow downs? I would expect a few hundred kbps to provide enough for the difference to be hardly noticeable.