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=Touch Client Feature for Zimbra Collaboration 8.5+=
Touch Client Feature is a Network Edition feature that enable automatically a new Web Client for a mobile devices, using the Sencha Touch Mobile HTML5 Framework optimized for the canvas size of today’s smartphones and tablet devices.


= Touch Client For 8.5+ =
==How it works==
Once a Mobile device do login into the Web Client URL, will be automatically redirected to the new Touch interface instead the Mobile one, you can also still seeing the Mobile interface for the non-supported mobile devices and for the ones without the feature enabled in the COS or account:


==Existing Documentation==
[[File:Zimbra-touchclient-002.png|800px]]


==Documentation Project==
===Quick overview of the different Web Client===
All the Web Clients are published by the Jetty Server, inside the Zimbra WEB-APPS Jetty hierachy you can find the next:
<pre>zimbra@zimbra-sn-u14-10:~$ ls -la jetty/webapps/zimbra/                 
total 88
drwxrwxr-x 19 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 .
drwxrwxr-x  6 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 ..
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 META-INF
drwxrwxr-x  6 zimbra zimbra  4096 May 13 12:04 WEB-INF
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 css
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:57 downloads <-- This is the Downloads Folder
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 h <-- This is the HTML Client
drwxrwxr-x 13 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 help <-- This is the End-User Help Folder
drwxrwxr-x 32 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 img
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra 12288 Dec  8 14:52 js
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 m <-- This is the Mobile Client
drwxrwxr-x  3 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 portals
drwxrwxr-x  7 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:59 public
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 qunit
-r--r--r--  1 zimbra zimbra    93 Dec  8 09:08 robots.txt
drwxrwxr-x 23 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 skins
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 t <-- This is the Touch Client
drwxrwxr-x  4 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 tdebug
drwxrwxr-x 14 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 templates
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 yui</pre>
 
====The HTML Client====
A simple HTML Web Client with almost all the Features for old Web Browsers and Computers, or for Users with the AJAX Web Client disabled by default.
 
[[File:Touch-client-002.png|800px]]
 
====The Mobile Client====
The default Mobile Web Client for devices that don't support the HTML5 new Touch Client, or for users without Network Edition, or with the Touch Client disabled by default.
 
[[File:Touch-client-003.png|800px]]
 
====The Touch Client====
A new Web Client based in the Sencha Touch Mobile HTML5 Framework optimized for the canvas size of today’s smartphones and tablet devices.
 
[[File:Touch-client-004.png|800px]]
 
==How to enable it==
===Touch Client Requires A License Key===
To see if your ZCS server has Touch Client enabled, you must check from the CLI - see bugs noted below. If you want this feature and currently don't have it as a part of your license, please contact your sales agent so you can get a new license issued with these features enabled.
zmlicense -p | egrep -i 'touch'
TouchClientsAccountsLimit=10000
 
If you needed to get a new license, you should either do the following on your ZCS server or those running the mailstore services, after installing the license to get Touch Client working:
zmprov fc license
 
Or a full Zimbra Collaboration restart :
zmcontrol restart
 
===Enable it in the Admin Console===
If you have the license active and as well enabled the Touch Client Feature in COS or per account in the Admin Console:
 
[[File:Touch-client-001.png]]
 
==Testing all the Features in the Touch Client==
The Touch Client is still under development, and will come with more features in the future, for now you can have the next features:
* See your Inbox, and all the Folders that you have, with all the content inside them.
* See your Contacts, and all the Address Books that you have, with all the content inside them.
* See your Calendar, and all the Calendars that you have, with all the content inside them.
 
But also you have the next features about Shared Items:
* See all the Delegated Folders that you have, with all the content inside them.
* See all the Shared Address Books that you have, with all the content inside them.
* See all the Shared Calendar that you have, with all the content inside them.


==Identified Support Issues==
==Identified Support Issues==
* License page in admin console doesn't show EWS or Touch licenses
** https://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=95819


* Cos/User Features should be disabled if it requires a license key for it and it's currently not available with installed license
** https://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=95821




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Revision as of 15:00, 13 May 2015

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Touch Client Feature for Zimbra Collaboration 8.5+

Touch Client Feature is a Network Edition feature that enable automatically a new Web Client for a mobile devices, using the Sencha Touch Mobile HTML5 Framework optimized for the canvas size of today’s smartphones and tablet devices.

How it works

Once a Mobile device do login into the Web Client URL, will be automatically redirected to the new Touch interface instead the Mobile one, you can also still seeing the Mobile interface for the non-supported mobile devices and for the ones without the feature enabled in the COS or account:

Zimbra-touchclient-002.png

Quick overview of the different Web Client

All the Web Clients are published by the Jetty Server, inside the Zimbra WEB-APPS Jetty hierachy you can find the next:

zimbra@zimbra-sn-u14-10:~$ ls -la jetty/webapps/zimbra/                   
total 88
drwxrwxr-x 19 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 .
drwxrwxr-x  6 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 ..
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 META-INF
drwxrwxr-x  6 zimbra zimbra  4096 May 13 12:04 WEB-INF
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 css
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:57 downloads <-- This is the Downloads Folder
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 h <-- This is the HTML Client
drwxrwxr-x 13 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 help <-- This is the End-User Help Folder
drwxrwxr-x 32 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 img
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra 12288 Dec  8 14:52 js
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 m <-- This is the Mobile Client
drwxrwxr-x  3 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 portals
drwxrwxr-x  7 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:59 public
drwxrwxr-x  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 qunit
-r--r--r--  1 zimbra zimbra    93 Dec  8 09:08 robots.txt
drwxrwxr-x 23 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 skins
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 t <-- This is the Touch Client
drwxrwxr-x  4 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 tdebug
drwxrwxr-x 14 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 templates
drwxrwxr-x  5 zimbra zimbra  4096 Dec  8 14:52 yui

The HTML Client

A simple HTML Web Client with almost all the Features for old Web Browsers and Computers, or for Users with the AJAX Web Client disabled by default.

Touch-client-002.png

The Mobile Client

The default Mobile Web Client for devices that don't support the HTML5 new Touch Client, or for users without Network Edition, or with the Touch Client disabled by default.

Touch-client-003.png

The Touch Client

A new Web Client based in the Sencha Touch Mobile HTML5 Framework optimized for the canvas size of today’s smartphones and tablet devices.

Touch-client-004.png

How to enable it

Touch Client Requires A License Key

To see if your ZCS server has Touch Client enabled, you must check from the CLI - see bugs noted below. If you want this feature and currently don't have it as a part of your license, please contact your sales agent so you can get a new license issued with these features enabled.

zmlicense -p | egrep -i 'touch'
TouchClientsAccountsLimit=10000

If you needed to get a new license, you should either do the following on your ZCS server or those running the mailstore services, after installing the license to get Touch Client working:

zmprov fc license

Or a full Zimbra Collaboration restart :

zmcontrol restart

Enable it in the Admin Console

If you have the license active and as well enabled the Touch Client Feature in COS or per account in the Admin Console:

Touch-client-001.png

Testing all the Features in the Touch Client

The Touch Client is still under development, and will come with more features in the future, for now you can have the next features:

  • See your Inbox, and all the Folders that you have, with all the content inside them.
  • See your Contacts, and all the Address Books that you have, with all the content inside them.
  • See your Calendar, and all the Calendars that you have, with all the content inside them.

But also you have the next features about Shared Items:

  • See all the Delegated Folders that you have, with all the content inside them.
  • See all the Shared Address Books that you have, with all the content inside them.
  • See all the Shared Calendar that you have, with all the content inside them.

Identified Support Issues


Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.5 Date Created: 08/04/2014
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Touch_Client Date Modified: 2015-05-13



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