[horde] Disable dynamic view

Markus Winkler ml at irmawi.de
Sat Jun 26 09:29:43 UTC 2021


Hi Jānis,

On 26.06.21 00:10, Jānis wrote:
> How can I disable dynamic view and/or make the regular(basic) one default?
> 
> I asked it already some 5 years ago, but can't locate the answer now.

I think this was the answer at that time:

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: [horde] Disabling of dynamicmode
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:33:57 +0100
From: Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>
To: horde at lists.horde.org

Citeren Jānis <je at ktf.rtu.lv>:

 > Citēts Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>
 > Tue, 14 Mar 2017 21:09:20 +0100:
 >
 >> Citeren Jānis <je at ktf.rtu.lv>:
 >>> Is it possible to disable the dynamic mode in Horde config or, at
 >>> least - to make the basic view default and dynamic to be chosen
 >>> only manually?
 >>
 >> The basic view is obsolete and (as far as I know) will no longer be
 >> available when Horde 6 is released. The question here is, why do
 >> you want to be this the default?
 >
 > simple answer - we need a mail reading tool without (sorry)
 > distracting and pointless bells and whistles just because marketing
 > people thinks that  "they look cool" and the "existing technologies
 > allows it". I remember the discussions on the new interface of horde
 > before the switch from 4 to 5 and whining that it looks obsolete.
 >
 > We are using it for reading of the mail, not for the kindergarten
 > entertainment.
 > There is even reason why we do not use the latest stable Horde, but
 > around two years old version.
 >
 > You may say - there are a lot of options. Yes, we know about them,
 > so when time comes, we will be ready to dump Horde for something
 > less bloated. If the need for webmail will not be dead as such by
 > that time. Currently it is just convenient not to change.

In that case, have a look at horde/admin/config/config.php?app=horde  under 
the 'User Capabilities and Constraints'. If you set 
$conf[user][select_view] to 'No', you can set $conf[user][force_view]  to 
'Basic'.

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Regards,
Markus


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