> Michael McCracken <[email protected]> wrote: > It might be useful for you guys to explain why it annoyed you so much. > It'd help avoid those annoyances in Letters.
I'd second that's it's un-mac-like, but that was expected. But to be more specific, just look at the mess trying to get the thing started: The first problem was trying to set up an account just to test it, which was maddeningly difficult to grok right away (and especially since I've used Thunderbird back in the day). The first thing I was presented with was a long list actions (Read messages, Manage newsgroups, Create new account, etc.), of which only one responded to clicking: View settings for this account. OK, let's go there. Here I could add an SMTP server only. Odd. Oh, there's a pull down with Add other account. Hmm, Blogs & News Feeds? Cancel. "Are you sure you want to exit the Account Wizard?" Some wizard. The Exit button causes a couple sheets to descend and ascend rapidly and I'm back at the SMTP setup. Oh! It turns out, there's an unfocused/focused input dialog _behind_ this window which is mucking everything up, but for some reason it ended up hidden. Welcome to Firebird. The Mail account setup window, once populated correctly, cycled through every possible variation of protocol port and ssl (it's kinda cool to watch) but failed after a couple minutes (it's GAFYD, maybe that threw it off). So I have to do it manually. The Manual button is greyed out while it's trying its automatic thing. I guess patience is a virtue. Anyway, I'll soon see the inbox, I hope. Not so fast. A sheet slides down asking me if I want it to be the default client for email, or newsgroups, or feeds. Ok, now I'm in. So this is a small subset of the irritations, but ones that really turn off a new user. But this sort of helter-skelter feeling permeates the program, I think. It's an strong argument for an extremely focused and barebones Letters 1.0. ------- TMQ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
