Method and system for updating message threads
A method for updating an electronic mail (“email”) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising: determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.
1. A server system, the server system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
display a compose screen for composition of a reply to a message and an indicator associated with the message;
detect arrival of a new message; and
while the compose screen is displayed:
in response to a determination that the new message belongs to a message thread to which the message belongs, modify the indicator based on the new message.
2. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the compose screen includes the message and the indicator.
3. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a reply count.
4. The server system of claim 3 , wherein the reply count indicates a number of replies to the message.
5. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the indicator indicates a total number of messages relating to the message.
6. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the indicator indicates a total number of messages in the message thread.
7. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to modify the indicator while the compose screen is displayed each time a message that is determined to belong to the message thread to which the message belongs is received.
8. The server system of claim 1 , further comprising a communication subsystem, and wherein the processor is further configured to receive the new message using the communication subsystem.
9. A processor-implemented method comprising:
displaying a compose screen for composition of a reply to a message and an indicator associated with the message;
detecting arrival of a new message; and
while the compose screen is displayed:
in response to a determination that the new message belongs to a message thread to which the message belongs, modifying the indicator based on the new message.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the compose screen includes the message and the indicator.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indicator is a reply count.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reply count indicates a number of replies to the message.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indicator indicates a total number of messages relating to the message.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indicator indicates a total number of messages in the message thread.
15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
modifying the indicator while the compose screen is displayed each time a message that is determined to belong to the message thread to which the message belongs is received.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the new message is received via a communication subsystem.
17. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
display a compose screen for composition of a reply to a message and an indicator associated with the message;
detect arrival of a new message; and
while the compose screen is displayed:
in response to a determination that the new message belongs to a message thread to which the message belongs, modify the indicator based on the new message.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the indicator is a reply count.
19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the reply count indicates a number of replies to the message.
20. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the indicator indicates a total number of messages relating to the message.