Site messages to be opened in a popup?

Currently the member's messages (inbox, sent, trash, compose) are opened in a clunky page - 

I would like to get these pages to open in a popup, like the login form.

There are many other pages, like pedit.php and communicator.php that would also look better as popups.

Anyone else agree?

Really? Nobody interested? Hhmm.

It's this kind of lazy, do-the-least attitude to page building that makes me want to jump ship to a platform that does have these features as standard. Yes, these pages work but look really dated compared to other platforms..

I'm looking for a developer to make this happen - any takers?

Looking at the mail system, those pages have several blocks on them.  For example, go to the inbox, click on a mail message and it opens it in a page with the message and the actions block and to the right is an archive block with a history of messages From the sender and you can switch it to To the sender.

Now, it you just want the pages to open in a pop-up, you can do that with javascript and change the links to include an on-click; but that is going to open the entire page, header and all.  You are not being specific enough to get an answer.  If you just want the message from the inbox to open in a pop-up so you can read it, then that is different from opening the entire page in a pop-up.  And you still need a way to open the compose reply to reply to the message.

You would have to sit down and write a detailed report of what you want done.  This is where a lot of projects go wrong, the person says they want one thing when they really want something else, the developer does what the person asks but it is not what the person really wanted.  When I do such work, my first job is to talk with the person back and forth to map out what they really want done.  You need to think about how you want the mail system to work; and you need to write a detail report on that.  You map out how the interface should work.  For example, I click on inbox, I get a list of the messages in my inbox, I click on a message I want to read; it opens in a pop-up or modal window (a modal window, by the way, is one that you can not click outside the window).  The pop-up window will contain a reply button.  If I click on the reply button, the pop-up window closes and takes me to a compose reply page; or you may want that in a pop-up window as well.  These are the kinds of things you will need to map out in your project request.

Now, since this project probably means a rewrite of the entire mail system I doubt if anyone will take the project on.  Plus, it could take months to rewrite it and get it working and remove bugs.  You would need to write up a contract; Boonex will not help if the developer takes your money and runs; you will need to do that in the court system.  Break the project up into sections, detailing what is what, how payments will be made, what benchmarks must be reached, etc.

Now, as I go and look at the inbox, having a quick view of the message; a link beside the current one with "Quick View"  that would open the message up; just the message, no buttons or anything, in a pop-up might be nice to add and would be simple enough.  It would let me quickly view the message and if I decided a reply was needed, I would close the pop-up and click on the regular link to open the page with all the buttons and such.  It would allow a quicker way to read through the messages in one's inbox.

I normally map out the process but first need to establish whether the developer is available, interested and reasonably priced.

I want to get this done but time and money are commodities that I don't really have at the moment, so I'll put this to the bottom of the list for now.

Many thanks GG for your continued input, not only here but on other threads.

My guess is that the original question is too vague for developers to consider; without the details it would have been difficult to estimate the time involved and if the person would have the time to devote to the project.  It is easier to get interest in simple projects than complex ones.  My guess if if you were paying by the hour, this would end up costing a lot of money.

I am interesting in my "Quick View" for messages that simply opens the message without any buttons or anything, just a quick pop-up of the message.