K-9: Feature request: Chat mode

[narcisgarcia]

Expected behavior

• When user is reading a message, allow answering in a conversation thread view, same as XMPP or WhatsApp chat.
• In contacts view, allow to begin in conversation chat view.
• 4 preference levels (general and/or per account): Only traditional mail, traditional mail by default, Chat mode by default, only Chat mode.

Actual behavior

K-9 Mail interface is mature, but is still not adequate to completely replace centralized chat services (such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Hangouts, etc.) with mail protocols as mature standard layer.

[cketti]

While this would be nice to have, it's definitely not a priority. K-9 Mail still has a long way to go to become a complete email client.

[narcisgarcia]

Some features (as this one) could spread FOSS usage in front of privative software.

[Valodim]

They could! But that doesn't mean we don't have a ton of more pressing things on our plate and are understaffed as it is. PRs welcome :)

[dhebbeker]

[varuzam]