On Thu, Oct 09, 2003, Max Gossell [EMAIL PROTECTED], invoked powers within the internet realm, to proclaim ...
>They are. Not to mention the bar itself. I've been nagging about this >before - the bar should of of course be attached to the window itself >(just like i.e. Mail.app) together with the small top right button option >to toggle the bar on/off. > >I find this floating bar tremendously irritating, and as I am a "button >user" I can't turn it off. Even if there is a parallell OSX/OS9 >development, I can't see any reason why the OSX version must look like >past times. > >From a sales point of view I also believe CTM would benefit from a >fresher look. If you download an OSX trial version you expect the >software to look like a modern OSX app. If it look too retro you might >think the development doesn't catch up with modern times and drop it >before you even gave it a chance. > >Max G > > >At Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:56:17 +0200 (CET), Per Åström ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >>Look at the "Connect Again"-button on the toolbar. Isnt it rather OS9- >>ish? In fact, arent all the buttons retro-looking! >> >>/per å >> One advantage of PowerMail's retro look is that a simple glance lets me know that I've switched to the correct application. :) I tried using the button bars, but found that I just don't like them and they take up far too much screen real estate for so few buttons. I use QuicKeys when I want buttons so I can place buttons in the order that makes sense to me. I'd much rather have more options in the contextual menus than with the button bar - and I definitely think that having the buttons attached to the message or browser window would be a big loss to screen real estate. For those that don't use the button bars, it would be an annoyance to have something occupying space when not needed. From a consumer's point-of-view, I bought PowerMail within the past 6 months with little thought to it's old-style look. I'm much more concerned about features and functionality and aside from recent episodes of swearing at the AppleScript stuff and a few other things it usually meets my needs. cheshirekat
