Display a counter when doing the initial loading/indexing
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- JavaScript
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Description
When a user first use the Mail app they are welcomed by a an animated loading icon and a message "Loading messages" that can last for several minutes if they have a big mailbox.
As a user i would like to see a counter that gives me a feedback about the number of messages that are loaded. Something like x messages from yyy messages are loaded.
This can be also very useful when a user has a very large email account and when a lot of messages are being loaded, its not sure if its still loading(because its very big) or if it got stuck.
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Research direction
Start by locating the JavaScript frontend entry point that displays the initial "Loading messages" state and tracing how mailbox messages are loaded. Add visible progress showing loaded and total message counts, then verify that the counter updates throughout initial indexing and clearly indicates completion.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100