[Kolab-devel] Feedback of my tests of the Horde based web frontend for Kolab 2

[Andreas Gungl]

Hi,

I've a test server running with Kolab 2 (latest snapshot from the mirrors). 
I use Kontact (CHS HEAD) to access the accounts. On the server, there I 
have installed the Horde based web frontend (WF) according to the 
instructions on http://www.kolab.org/webclient.html .

While the installation was no problem and the WF showed up in my browser, 
the first impressions are mixed. Here is what I've found:

Mail:
Choosing the Webmail part gives me the content of my INBOX. Mail, INBOX and 
Filters, but no other folders are visible in the left pane, however I can 
select them in the combobox in the upper right corner. If I e.g. select 
"spam", the message list is shown for that folder. Switching to Calendar 
and Tasks works as well, BTW.
If I select any message in a normal folder (containing mails but not events 
or tasks etc.) I can't get the message. A white frame appears instead. The 
frame seems to have no HTML at all, at least Show Frame Source in Konqueror 
gives me nothing.
A strange thing is, that a colleague of mine gets such a blank frame when he 
tries to view the content of his INBOX. He's using exactly the same server, 
but of course he has other messages in his folder.

Calendar:
So far, I haven't found any problems here. However, I only did a few tests 
with the basic functionality.

Tasks:
Tasks seem to work in the WF. A problem is, that Horde's driver generates a 
storage format which is not compatible with the one used in Kontact. The 
XML tags are in different order, some data about the organizer is missing. 
It's easy to see if one compares two task messages in Kontact using the 
View Source command.


My main concern is the problem with showing the mails. If that can be solved 
somehow, I can spend a reasonable effort in testing the frontend as my 
company is willing to switch to Kolab 2 (provided it is stable and has a 
working WF). Who is currently doing development on the WF? How can I help? 
(However you should know that I don't know PHP, I could just tweak here and 
there if recommended.)

Best regards,
Andreas Gungl