Re: Re[2]: Context Menu remains after selection - cont.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9 Nov 2005, at 21:21, Curtis wrote: 1.8% to Mac, Linux etc??? Wow! Even less, 1.2%. - -- Tony Boom Made on a Mac. PGP http://www.theboomclan.com/tbc.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.0.2 (Build 2425) Comment: T.B.C. Imac G5 20 iQA/AwUBQ3MbhdanuJ+T+uXWEQI4EQCgp7L8kTMjzLtjkuYiFtPap/1N5yQAniKg DlHaDyhqVkW4CiuGltl2XNyF =xijx -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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11/10/2005 6:43 AM Hi Arjan, On 11/9/2005 Arjan de Groot wrote: AdG Sounds a little bit paradoxical to me. No more absurd than the suggestion that folks are paying M$ $300+ for a support incident. The point is that more than 20% of the operating systems currently in use are Win 9x which is more than 200 times as many as the 1% suggested. -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.62.14 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 No IMAP No OTFE Opera 9 Beta 1 Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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Hello Martin Schoch everyone else, on 09-Nov-2005 at 21:36 you (Martin Schoch) wrote: Bug about Context Menu remains after selection described in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] still exists in 3.62.14 - and it is related to Win95 installation. On Win2000 no problem. Just a thought... obviously, Microsoft knew how to avoid problems with the old DOS based windows versions when they ditched support for the W9x strain in Office2003. :-) -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep. -- Albert Einstein Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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Hello Alexander, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 10:45:33 PM, you wrote: Hello Martin Schoch everyone else, on 09-Nov-2005 at 21:36 you (Martin Schoch) wrote: Bug about Context Menu remains after selection described in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] still exists in 3.62.14 - and it is related to Win95 installation. On Win2000 no problem. Just a thought... obviously, Microsoft knew how to avoid problems with the old DOS based windows versions when they ditched support for the W9x strain in Office2003. :-) Agreed. Win9x support ended a long time ago. In my opinion all applications on Windows should drop support of these versions for good. Just imagine how much code of 10mb thebat.exe file is just to support older systems, which are used by 1% of the world. -- Best regards, Vilius Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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On Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 2:58:49 PM, Vilius Šumskas wrote: Agreed. Win9x support ended a long time ago. In my opinion all applications on Windows should drop support of these versions for good. Just imagine how much code of 10mb thebat.exe file is just to support older systems, which are used by 1% of the world. you might be wrong about that percentage. I know that my parents who are in their 80s aren't going to upgrade their computer just to run XP. What percentage of people are still using dialup and not broadband? I would think lots of those people would still be satisfied with 9x as well. -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.62.14 on Windows XP version 5,1 Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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11/9/2005 4:05 PM Hi Vilius, On 11/9/2005 Vilius Šumskas wrote: VŠ Agreed. Win9x support ended a long time ago. In my opinion all VŠ applications on Windows should drop support of these versions for VŠ good. Just imagine how much code of 10mb thebat.exe file is just to VŠ support older systems, which are used by 1% of the world. I saw some recent statistics regarding operating system usage: XP = 38.2% 2K = 35.4% NT = 6.9% 98 = 13.9% ME = 3.4% 95 = 1.0% Macs, Linux, etc. make up the balance Close to 27% for these systems seems a whole lot more than 1% to me. -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.62.14 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 No IMAP No OTFE Opera 9 Beta 1 Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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--On Wednesday, November 09, 2005 04:12 PM -0500 Paul Van Noord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw some recent statistics regarding operating system usage: XP = 38.2% 2K = 35.4% NT = 6.9% 98 = 13.9% ME = 3.4% 95 = 1.0% Macs, Linux, etc. make up the balance 1.8% to Mac, Linux etc??? Wow! Do you know how these stats were obtained? Just curious. I assume this is for desktops and not servers. Or is it a combination of both? -- -=Curtis=- PGPKey: http://rsakey.aimlink.name -=-=- He who laughs last probably made a backup. pgpPCZvH0Nfl5.pgp Description: PGP signature Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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11/9/2005 4:23 PM Hi Curtis, On 11/9/2005 Curtis wrote: C 1.8% to Mac, Linux etc??? Wow! C Do you know how these stats were obtained? Just curious. I assume this C is for desktops and not servers. Or is it a combination of both? I do not have the original documentation so I do not remember the source. I cannot vouch for the accuracy but I believe it was for desktops. I also saw some recent stats that stated in the Fortune 500 XP was only 20% and that 15-20% of the systems still run 98. I have more customers running 98SE than all other systems combined. 2K is second and XP is a distant 3rd. -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.62.14 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 No IMAP No OTFE Opera 9 Beta 1 Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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Hello Martin, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 11:04:51 PM, you wrote: Hi Vilius On Wednesday, November 9, 2005 9:58:49 PM you wrote: Agreed. Win9x support ended a long time ago. This is not true - you get support for Win98 and ME. Yes, but it is paid. Who would pay 300$ for incidect support, if Windows XP cost 100$. -- Best regards, Vilius Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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11/9/2005 4:35 PM Hi Vilius, On 11/9/2005 Vilius Đumskas wrote: VĐ Yes, but it is paid. Who would pay 300$ for incidect support, if VĐ Windows XP cost 100$. The guy with a Celeron 400 and 32 megs of RAM who feels really blessed to have a computer and doesn't even have the resources to buy 64mb RAM stick. I work with these people all over the world all the time. -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.62.14 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 No IMAP No OTFE Opera 9 Beta 1 Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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Hello Martin Schoch everyone else, on 09-Nov-2005 at 22:04 you (Martin Schoch) wrote: Agreed. Win9x support ended a long time ago. This is not true - you get support for Win98 and ME. I meant that MS dropped support for the old OS' in most of their applications by now. You can not installed Outlook2003 on a W9x based computer. I didn't mean to say that support for the old OS' should be removed from TB. Supporting older systems is the strength of the alternatives to the mainstream stuff. But one can't deny the problems to maintain code for both platforms. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Man is so made that all his true delight arises from the contemplation of mystery, and save by his own frantic and invincible folly mystery is never taken from him; it rises within his soul as a well of joy unending. -- Vincent Starrett Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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Hello Paul, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 11:37:25 PM, you wrote: 11/9/2005 4:35 PM Hi Vilius, On 11/9/2005 Vilius Đumskas wrote: VĐ Yes, but it is paid. Who would pay 300$ for incidect support, if VĐ Windows XP cost 100$. The guy with a Celeron 400 and 32 megs of RAM who feels really blessed to have a computer and doesn't even have the resources to buy 64mb RAM stick. I work with these people all over the world all the time. I hardly imagine the guy with a Celeron 400 and 32megs of RAM managing 7 IMAP accounts with 150k messages in The Bat! 3.x :) I mean, you always can keep older versions compatible with older OS'es on the web. -- Best regards, Vilius Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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??? You pay 330$ for Win98SE updates on http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ? No, I mean _incident_ support. There are no new updates for Win98SE on windowsupdate.microsoft.com since 2003. -- Best regards, Vilius Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:37:25 -0500, Paul Van Noord wrote: Yes, but it is paid. Who would pay 300$ for incidect support, if Windows XP cost 100$. The guy with a Celeron 400 and 32 megs of RAM who feels really blessed to have a computer and doesn't even have the resources to buy 64mb RAM stick. I work with these people all over the world all the time. This guy with a Celeron 400 and 32 megs of RAM is willing to pay $ 300 for for incidect support (whatever that may be) yet cannot afford 64mb ram stick. Sounds a little bit paradoxical to me. Arjan -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Current beta is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Context Menu remains after selection
Hi Robert, on Thu, 3 Nov 2005, at 14:11:25 [GMT -0500] Robert wrote: I have been able to reproduce this one for a few builds of TB! However, some others I have written to about it can not. It isn't that they don't believe me, it is just inability to have same programs running that cause problem. Here it is: On Preview Pane, place cursor over an address, for example the From email address. Right-Click and select Add to Address Book Observe that correct AB comes up BUT the previous Context Menu remains blocking the AB. It will NEVER go away until AB is closed. __ Confirmed! Perhaps I have some incantation running on the Windows system that helps this problem occur. I would like to see if anyone else does. Hopefully some one with WinME will try it. Wrote about that in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] two days ago. Seems to be a Windows 9x/Me problem. -- regards Thomas (using Windows 98 SE) Current beta is 3.62.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Context Menu remains after selection
Recently, Thomas Lieblang squawked: Seems to be a Windows 9x/Me problem. ALSO ... I just now noticed that if you to a right-click on the **From:** or on the **To:** , the underline in blue appears and select 'Add to address book' that the context menu is NOT remaining ...only if one right-clicks on the name/address itself does the problem crop-up . very interestink -- Robert D. _ The Bat! Version: 3.62.11 Windows ME FireFox Current beta is 3.62.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/