David Tenser wrote: > I'm starting to understand that more and more. But why is that really? > How come several developers and hundreds of fellow coders out there on a > massive open source project can't outsmart simple programs like Outlook > Express when it comes to functionality? >
Two reasons: 1. Nobody at the wheel; no project management whatsoever. 2. AOL. > Of course, one reason could be that the main focus is the browser > itself, not the side programs. That's also part of it, but a) the browser still is no great shakes, and b) like you say... > But still, so many people have been > working with this project for so long. It really should be much more > feature complete than it is. > ...exactly. This isn't rocket science, it's brain surgery. There's simply no excuse (though you'll hear no end of them) for Mozilla to be so far behind the competition and in fact *its own previous incarnation* (NC4.7x). *Especially* the email/newsreader. > I'm starting to sound like I don't like Mozilla, but that's not true. I > love to be able to use an alternative to Microsofts products that really > works! I just wish I could get rid of IE/OE completely. > Amen. Mozilla clearly will never be the replacement, but amen. > / David > > > > > JTK wrote: > >> David Tenser wrote: >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> I'm posting this just to verify that you really cannot do this in >>> Mozilla, so I'm not missing something obvious in the settings dialogs. >>> Where should I request such a feature, if it's really not in there >>> already? >>> >> >> No, you're absolutely right, compared to Outlook (and from what you say >> Outlook Express as well), Mozilla's filtering is pathetic. >> >> Which is incredibly sad because OUTLOOK'S filtering is pathetic! >> >> Regardless, before you switch, consider carefully the fact that >> Mozilla's most ardent supporters use anything other than Mozilla for >> email and news. >> >
