On 1/29/10 2:23 PM, "John Welch" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> And let's not talk about Outlook, which seems to do the Wrong THing as a >> design feature. > > To be fair, if you had to code an email client that made both GM, GE, and > Bill's Bakery equally happy, and were never allowed to say "no" to anyone, > you'd end up making Outlook. > > If you ever want a shining example of what letting a large number of people > design an email client gets you, Outlook is perfect. Come to think of it, for the whole "OMGPLUGINS" folks, Outlook has plugins too. They kind of suck. So, if we take the logic used against HTML email, (it's been abused and misused, so we should ban it, or make it hard to get to and use), would Outlooks abuse and misuse of plugins require the negation of plugins in the application? (I'd hope not, as Outlook pretty much abuses everything. Scripting. IMAP. GUI. Plain Text. It even abuses MAPI. Outlook is that guy on Cops in the wifebeater saying "Hell yeah she had a black eye. 'Told her not to make me repeat mahself!" -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
