Prefetch sibling messages of a message thread
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When I click a message in my inbox, the full thread loads. The latest message will expand right away, the others stay closed. If I want to expand any of the other messages I have to wait for them to load. Right now this experience isn't fast.
Describe the solution you'd like
Pre-fetch those sibling messages of a thread so that they are already there when a user requests them.
Describe alternatives you've considered
N/a
Additional context
POC done in https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/pull/7059 with the findings that this will bring improvements.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the proof of concept in pull request 7059 and trace how a message thread loads when a message is opened. The work is done when sibling messages are prefetched and are available immediately when a user expands them.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100