Thanks for these answers, FJ. I just installed the 1.7 beta and wanted to comment on your answers above.FJ hat geschrieben:Hi
The Chatbutton is shown in Contacts, SMS, and calls. In Contactsview you can also select to which number of the contact you want to start the Chat. I think this is enought.
I'm also not a friend of saving chats completly. There are already the messages which are saved in MyPhoneExplorer AND the phone. If you ant to save the chat then you can use rightclick->Copy in the chatwindow.
The missing timestamps are a problem - but only for messages which were send with the phone and not with MPE. The messages which get created throught the Chatwindow have also a timestamp in the Sent-Folder.
I have changed the SMS-Window a littlebit in v1.7. The window disappears, and if the delivery fails then the window pops up again and you have the chance to save the message.
Yes, the Chat button is displayed in the SMS window. But you can´t click on it, unless you´re answering someone´s message. This means that part of your discussion will be "lost" so to speak. Hence the reason for my request that you´d be able to start a chat-session just like you would a normal SMS. Actually, the chat-button could be placed in the New SMS window instead, just like Ping-SMS or Flash.
I understand that it would be unnecessary to keep copies of messages everywhere, but it would actually only require 1 extra database field plus 1 new view. What I meant was that you mark messages as being connected to each other with a "chat-ID". Then you use a separate view for displaying them, that´s all. The messages themselves would of course not have to be duplicated!
Messages created with MPE has never been an issue of course. But I was thinking of when one synchronizes the phone with MPE and imports messages into MPE. Therein lies the problem. But already you have a fantastic solution for giving the user choices when syncing! Why not enhance that by giving them the same choice when it comes to messages? The logic needed is not difficult at all (although I´m sure the coding is!). For example: The user has sms´d four people, and three people have answered. Display first 30 letters in every sms and let the user mark the order. That´s all we need since we already know who SMSd who. Because the exact time and date doesn´t have to be so important (in that case the properties can be adjusted manually, which is an existing feature)! Mostly, we just want to see in what order the messages were exchanged.
Yeah, I noted the change in the send SMS window. Thanks, that works for me...
Have a great weekend!
/Peter
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