Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
I was a late upgrader from PowerMail 5 to PowerMail 6. Here are a few impressions. 1. Great that I can now print HTML documents (without opening them in a web browser first). 2. Wish I could forward HTML documents. This really is essential these days. (Yes, I suppose I could open them in my web browser, then print to a PDF, then send an attachment. But really.) 3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the message dragging. This is very disconcerting. The destination folder highlights when the cursor goes over it, but I can't easily tell that I'm still dragging something. And if I mis-drag I'm not sure I'll ever see where the message went as it's invisible. Is there a fix for this? 4. The highlight on a message being read in the In Tray is too bright. It's also almost impossible to read a message name that has been labeled, as these go dark against the blue highlight. Nor can you see how it's labeled. Definitely a step backward. 5. Hiccups - a calendar item that came as text originally, then as a calendar attachment that opened in iCal when someone else forwarded it to me. I suspect PowerMail could have handled the first one more elegantly. - HTML sometimes still doesn't show up. I have to click on another message, then back to the one in question. Sometimes several times. - could not copy the PowerMail 6 application from the downloaded Disk Image directly to my computer. Had to open it on an Intel Mac and hide it in a Zip file to get it onto my PowerPC computer. - HTML messages, which I suspect were improperly formatted without a text only section, come in as attachments instead of opening in PowerMail. I'm sure there are some benefits I am missing, but other than (FINALLY) being able to print what I see in an HTML document, I do not see much change. I am still getting used to the brighter blue and white bands separating messages and folders. They seem more distracting than helpful. I do appreciate the Rich Text formatting option, although I've not used it yet. I'd have preferred being able to forward HTML documents. - Winston
Re: Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Winston Weinmann (weinm...@mindspring.com) wrote: > 3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the > message dragging. It does on my Macs (iMac and MacBook Pro) so that's quite odd; PM displays a semi-transparent letter icon and subject text when dragging a message. (I'm using PM 6.1 under Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7.) > 4. The highlight on a message being read in the In Tray is too bright. > It's also almost impossible to read a message name that has been > labeled, as these go dark against the blue highlight. Nor can you see > how it's labeled. Definitely a step backward. The highlight color is the highlight color selected in the system-wide preferences, i.e. the same color used by the Finder etc.. Do you see a different color? - Michael Michael J. Hußmann E-mail: mich...@michael-hussmann.de WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de
Re: Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Winston Weinmann (weinm...@mindspring.com) wrote: > 3. I'm on OS 10.4 on a PPC PowerBook. So effectively I'm running a > different version of the program (PPC vs. Intel). I've got a G5 with 10.4 somewhere, but not here, so at the moment I cannot check this. > 4. The highlight color looks slightly darker to me in PM than in the > Finder, but that's probably optical illusion. Maybe it's just that > messages that are labeled have black text in PM when highlighted. > Unlabeled messages have white text when highlighted. The black text is > very hard to read with the highlight. What I am seeing is that the black text of unlabeled messages is displayed inverted (i.e. as white) when highlighted whereas the colored text of labeled messages retains its color even when it is highlighted. Not all the combinations of highlight color and label color make for equally readable pairs but I haven't found a combination that was really unreadable. My preferred highlight color is yellow, though; that may make a difference. - Michael Michael J. Hußmann E-mail: mich...@michael-hussmann.de WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de
Re: Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Winston Weinmann wrote: >3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >message dragging. We changed how messages are dragged for Lion compatibility, however we did not found any problem with the new method on 10.4.11, 10.5 or 10.6, on PowerPC or on Intel. Maybe you have some third party extension causing this? Jérôme - CTM Engineering - "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous. It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox location, and the full text of the message in preview." FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch -
Re: Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
On 8/18/11, at 10:50 AM, PowerMail Engineering jer...@ctmdev.com said: >Winston Weinmann wrote: > >>3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >>message dragging. > >We changed how messages are dragged for Lion compatibility, however we >did not found any problem with the new method on 10.4.11, 10.5 or 10.6, >on PowerPC or on Intel. Maybe you have some third party extension >causing this? I don't see the message being dragged either, but it disappears from my In Tray. Whenerver I have checked, it is in the folder I dragged it to, so I no longer check. Tom Miller .. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...
Re(2): Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
3. I'm on OS 10.4 on a PPC PowerBook. So effectively I'm running a different version of the program (PPC vs. Intel). 4. The highlight color looks slightly darker to me in PM than in the Finder, but that's probably optical illusion. Maybe it's just that messages that are labeled have black text in PM when highlighted. Unlabeled messages have white text when highlighted. The black text is very hard to read with the highlight. I don't think that was true in PM 5. (Can't open it to check while I've got PM 6 open.) - Winston Michael J. Hußmann wrote: >Winston Weinmann (weinm...@mindspring.com) wrote: > >> 3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >> message dragging. > >It does on my Macs (iMac and MacBook Pro) so that's quite odd; PM >displays a semi-transparent letter icon and subject text when dragging a >message. (I'm using PM 6.1 under Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7.) > >> 4. The highlight on a message being read in the In Tray is too bright. >> It's also almost impossible to read a message name that has been >> labeled, as these go dark against the blue highlight. Nor can you see >> how it's labeled. Definitely a step backward. > >The highlight color is the highlight color selected in the system-wide >preferences, i.e. the same color used by the Finder etc.. Do you see a >different color? > >- Michael > > >Michael J. Hußmann > >E-mail: mich...@michael-hussmann.de >WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de >WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de > >
Re(2): Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Even the yellow labeled text looks almost black when highlighted on my Mac. Unlabeled text, as for your Mac, inverts and shows white and it quite readable. But no label color is easily read when highlighted. I'm not having any trouble seeing any other colors on my computer. Videos play normally, etc. - Winston Michael J. Hußmann wrote: >Winston Weinmann (weinm...@mindspring.com) wrote: > >> 3. I'm on OS 10.4 on a PPC PowerBook. So effectively I'm running a >> different version of the program (PPC vs. Intel). > >I've got a G5 with 10.4 somewhere, but not here, so at the moment I >cannot check this. > >> 4. The highlight color looks slightly darker to me in PM than in the >> Finder, but that's probably optical illusion. Maybe it's just that >> messages that are labeled have black text in PM when highlighted. >> Unlabeled messages have white text when highlighted. The black text is >> very hard to read with the highlight. > >What I am seeing is that the black text of unlabeled messages is >displayed inverted (i.e. as white) when highlighted whereas the colored >text of labeled messages retains its color even when it is highlighted. >Not all the combinations of highlight color and label color make for >equally readable pairs but I haven't found a combination that was really >unreadable. My preferred highlight color is yellow, though; that may >make a difference. > >- Michael > > >Michael J. Hußmann > >E-mail: mich...@michael-hussmann.de >WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de >WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de > >
Re(2): Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Don't know what that would be. Finder dragging works normally. Other than SpamSieve, I don't have anything installed that interacts with PowerMail. And this happened when I upgraded to PM 6 from PM 5. - Winston PowerMail Engineering wrote: >Winston Weinmann wrote: > >>3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >>message dragging. > >We changed how messages are dragged for Lion compatibility, however we >did not found any problem with the new method on 10.4.11, 10.5 or 10.6, >on PowerPC or on Intel. Maybe you have some third party extension >causing this? > > >Jérôme - CTM Engineering > > >- > "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have >Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous. >It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes >impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast >it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox >location, and the full text of the message in preview." > FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com > > Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch >- > >
Re(2): Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
Just checked. Dragging a message still works properly in PowerMail 5. Doesn't work properly in PowerMail 6. So I think the evidence is that it's PM 6. If it were caused by an extension, what would I look for? - Winston PowerMail Engineering wrote: >Winston Weinmann wrote: > >>3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >>message dragging. > >We changed how messages are dragged for Lion compatibility, however we >did not found any problem with the new method on 10.4.11, 10.5 or 10.6, >on PowerPC or on Intel. Maybe you have some third party extension >causing this? > > >Jérôme - CTM Engineering > > >- > "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have >Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous. >It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes >impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast >it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox >location, and the full text of the message in preview." > FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com > > Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch >- > >
Re(2): Additional Comments on upgrade to PowerMail 6
8. When Rich Text is selected in the Format menu there is no way to tell which font is selected. Most programs would have either a box showing which font is selected, or a check mark by the selected font name in the drop-down list (or both). A workaround is to copy a sample of the formatted text into a program that does show the font, such as TextEdit. But PowerMail should not require users to do this. A box with the font name would be very helpful for people who have long lists of fonts. Some programs also show the font name in that font, which helps with font selection. - Winston Winston Weinmann wrote: >7. Links in HTML messages are sometimes clickable, sometimes not. > >- Winston > >Winston Weinmann wrote: > >>6. For HTML messages I cannot use the cursor to select text. I can >>double click on a word to select that word, or triple click and select a >>line, but I can't click and drag over HTML text to select it. >> >>This means I often have to take the extra step to either switch to text- >>only view, or open the message in a web browser, in order to copy >>something from an email. >> >>- Winston >> >> >>Winston wrote: >> >>>I was a late upgrader from PowerMail 5 to PowerMail 6. Here are a few >>>impressions. >>> >>>1. Great that I can now print HTML documents (without opening them in a >>>web browser first). >>> >>>2. Wish I could forward HTML documents. This really is essential these >>>days. (Yes, I suppose I could open them in my web browser, then print to >>>a PDF, then send an attachment. But really.) >>> >>>3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >>>message dragging. This is very disconcerting. The destination folder >>>highlights when the cursor goes over it, but I can't easily tell that >>>I'm still dragging something. And if I mis-drag I'm not sure I'll ever >>>see where the message went as it's invisible. >>> >>>Is there a fix for this? >>> >>>4. The highlight on a message being read in the In Tray is too bright. >>>It's also almost impossible to read a message name that has been >>>labeled, as these go dark against the blue highlight. Nor can you see >>>how it's labeled. Definitely a step backward. >>> >>>5. Hiccups >>>- a calendar item that came as text originally, then as a calendar >>>attachment that opened in iCal when someone else forwarded it to me. I >>>suspect PowerMail could have handled the first one more elegantly. >>> >>>- HTML sometimes still doesn't show up. I have to click on another >>>message, then back to the one in question. Sometimes several times. >>> >>>- could not copy the PowerMail 6 application from the downloaded Disk >>>Image directly to my computer. Had to open it on an Intel Mac and hide >>>it in a Zip file to get it onto my PowerPC computer. >>> >>>- HTML messages, which I suspect were improperly formatted without a >>>text only section, come in as attachments instead of opening in PowerMail. >>> >>>I'm sure there are some benefits I am missing, but other than (FINALLY) >>>being able to print what I see in an HTML document, I do not see much >>>change. I am still getting used to the brighter blue and white bands >>>separating messages and folders. They seem more distracting than helpful. >>> >>>I do appreciate the Rich Text formatting option, although I've not used >>>it yet. I'd have preferred being able to forward HTML documents. >>> >>> >>>- Winston >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
