[feature-request] Improve Interval to check for email updates
asked 2014-12-23 00:05:11 +0300
The available interval settings to check for emails seem very arbitrary to me: 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 minutes and twice a day. Not even once a day is possible.
I suggest making a dialer available to select hours and minutes. Just like when setting a new alarm.
I'm using cron for that. https://together.jolla.com/question/16434/cronjob-on-sailfish/?answer=49662#post-id-49662
It's pretty nice since this way I can set different sync times for workdays/holidays/whtever and for different time of day, like sync fast on daytime, slower on evenings and not at all on nights.
juiceme ( 2014-12-23 09:24:48 +0300 )editRelated suggestion... https://together.jolla.com/question/32401/idea-use-a-time-wheel-for-time-interval-selection-everywhere/
ssahla ( 2014-12-23 18:16:38 +0300 )editThose are not arbitrary they are global slots defined to wake up the device when needed. Having a dialer like you suggest is a nice way to consume more battery, since syncs won't be aligned system-wide, making the device wake up more times at random intervals. IMO bad idea, also I don't see a use case for that, do you really need to sync email every 1h23m ? :D However once per day is a valid request.
VDVsx ( 2015-01-05 14:17:28 +0300 )editI see what you mean. A single dialer just for the minutes would be sufficient. Compare Mozilla Thunderbird: A value between 1 and x minutes can be entered.
... and maybe this value should be made system wide.
Rolfa ( 2015-01-05 20:58:26 +0300 )editMozilla Thunderbird is a desktop client, you should compare with mobile clients were same issues will arise, but why is so important for you do define random value here ? just trying to understand the use case.
VDVsx ( 2015-01-06 13:24:36 +0300 )edit