Hi, All - First, I am coming at this from a different direction. I stopped using PowerMail about 6 months ago in favor of Apple Mail, thinking that I would 'turn over' my PowerMail license to my wife, who is still using Claris Emailer on a Quadra 650 under System 7.6.1 (but is getting more and more HTML stuff, which is getting problematic). I have an iMac all set up for her to use PowerMail under Mac OS X, but she is in no hurry to make the switch. So, when the public beta became available, I bought an upgrade license. I am basically 'starting over' while waiting for Lady Technophobe (her self-appointed title) to decide to make the change, so am looking at the new version from perhaps a different perspective than some list members might have.
I am using a PowerBook G3 (Pismo) with Mac OS X 10.4.11, completely updated. So, here go some of my observations: I started out with a new user identity, and imported my database from Apple Mail. There were a few minor glitches: a) I have a folder in Mail named 'Mailing Lists' with some messages in it, but also some subfolders containing messages. The import created 'Mailing Lists' with the messages, plus a folder 'Mailing Lists 2' containing no messages, but containing the subfolders. b) My 'Drafts' folder in Mail is empty, but the imported 'Drafts' folder (s) contained (partial or previously saved) versions of messages that I had already sent. c) I had a 'Duplicate Messages' folder as a result of using Mail Scripts with Apple Mail. In Mail, the folder is empty. The imported folder contained numerous messages. Unfortunately, I cleaned all this up before thinking to check more thoroughly, but I suppose I could start with a new user environment to see if it is repeatable. d) I was viewing a message in HTML format, and tried clicking on a link in the message when the cursor changed to a hand. Nothing happened except that the link changed color in response to my click (as if the click was accepted). I tried Command-clicking, and also trying to use the contextual menu. No functional response. I was able to open the link by switching to plain text view, but some HTML mails don't have a 'functionally equivalent' plain text part. I know I can open the message in a web browser and go from there, but it is really, REALLY counterintuitive to display a non-functioning link cursor and/or show a non-functional contextual menu. This sort of issue is a deal-breaker for my wife. e) Printing HTML mail is _badly_ broken. In the 3-pane view, If I highlight the message in the list and choose 'Print...', I am shown the print dialog. Looking at the Preview, only the subject would print. If I click on the message preview portion of the window, or open a message pane window and choose 'Print...', the message is printed immediately, with no intermediate print setup dialog, and there are no headers printed. While the latter is bad enough (and a long-standing issue on this list), direct printing from the File/Print.. menu without an intermediate dialog is just plain WRONG. f) We _still_ have the issue of saved drafts with no visible indication in the folder list pane display that there is an unsent draft in the Out Tray. g) I also see the attachment highlighting issue that Ben noted in his message. Click on one attachment name, it is highlighted. Click on a second adjacent name, the first remains highlighted. Click on a third, and after a second or two, the previous two names are un-highlighted. Does not happen when Finder-like lists are used. h) I appreciate the ability to view a thread. Implemented more like a search than a change in the view as in other clients I've tried. i) The Finder-like lists are a nice addition, but so far as I can see, purely cosmetic. There are other functional issues to address... j) I like to queue all messages before sending, then initiate sending manually. Adding this command to the Dock menu is a small, but good, functional improvement. k) It has always bugged me that the Window menu doesn't indicate when one of the setup menu windows is open, or if one of the windows selectable in the Windows menu is open. I may have missed it before, but I just noticed that all open windows are listed in the Dock menu, and the frontmost window is checked. I have really missed this functionality, and if it is new, appreciate the addition, but why is this information not shown in the Window menu? Well, that's a starter list. As I find more, or verify others' observations, I'll try to chime in. - Don
