Hi Eberhard,
On 30 April 2000 at 13:55:08 GMT +0200 (which was 12:55 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "TB! WishList":
> 1. The editor
> The problem has been discussed before so I only mention it as a matter
> of showing an interest in changing the "free carret" behavior.
As has been said on many times more than one occasion - external
editor support is expected for V2.
> 1-1. Autowrap
> Doesn't work if the line is changed.
> Example: I put wrap at 77 characters. I write my 78th char and it
> wraps. I decide to write more in the line above and thus I push the
> end of the line way beyond the 78th char. No wrapping occurs. This
> would be no problem if all I would have to do to re-wrap is go to the
> beginning of the next line below and press BACKSPACE.
Enable Auto-Format. When allied with Auto-Wrap, that's what it does.
> 2. HTML editor
> Has anyone found such a thing in "TB!"? If so, does it enable the use
> of MicroSloth's Global IME? That would kill two flies at once, I hope,
> as M$ claim that their IMEs work in any HTML environment (I doubt
> THAT, though).
See point 1.
> 3. Extremely important: Mailing List Support
Steve said Folder templates. I use address book reply templates to do
the same thing for this list (and the equivalent for any other list I
am on).
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> 4. Sorting the ListView
> I am missing a two-tiered sorting mechanism in TB!. Simply put, I
> would like to define for each folder to
> a) sort by subject
> b) sort by time created
> (as an example). This should possibly be done with any field.
> It should stop the problem of reading the reply in a thread before the
> question (and thus save the girls on this list a few early wrinkles).
Use threading by reference with sort by time. That does the job
perfectly.
> 4-1. Sorting subject problems
> The follow up of subject sorting doesn't seem to work 100%. It
> frequently happens that the first mail _ex_cluding the "Re:" prefix is
> not the first in the sorted order. The sort routine should disregard
> any RE:, AW: or whatever ppl use prefix.
Very likely :-), but with the above sorting, I never see such issues.
> 5. PreView 1
> The PreView feature could be greatly enhanced by
> a) letting the user scroll it with CRSR UP/DN even though the
> ListView is the active window part
This works using Alt CRSR UP/DN in TB.
> b) thus using CRSR LEFT/RIGHT to skip messages
> Might sound strange but works like a bee. It would also make the
> blinking cursor in the PreView window superfluous (what is it good for
> anyway?)
I read my mail using the ticker virtual folder view with the focus in
the message list portion. Up/Down select the message, Alt Up/Down
scroll message text and Space bar pages through the text.
> 6. Preview 2
> Related: Change the behavior of the DEL key.
> a) Optional: Always allow deletion without confirmation.
> b) Optional: Make the confirmation dependent on (insert number
> selected by user here) mails to be deleted at once.
A good thought.
> 7. Forward/Reply of multiple msg
> Merge them into one, attach all attachments in the forward mode to the
> merged text file. Add up all the subjects into one and put it into the
> subject field. Duplicate subjects should not be added in this line.
> Probably a good idea to make it optional too.
I don't like this one. It reeks of mangling, is fraught with potential
hazards is is far more esoteric than is good for it as a concept.
Whenever I have had to do anything like this (and that's *extremely*
rare - 4 times maybe in 5 years?) I have done the merge by hand and
not begrudged it.
Programs are good at following rules. Define a clear rule set for a
sequence of actions and it's a natural for a computer / software to
do. I suggest there is no rule set to adequately describe this
particular wish.
> 8. Display Headers B4 D/L
> The best solution: Make it optional,
It is optional. Kill-filters *must* download headers first. The Mail
Dispatcher also works on downloading headers. With neither of these
features active, messages are simply downloaded immediately.
> 12. Transfer window
> The circle is buggy. It displays much more relative d/l quantity than
> actually has occurred. Thus the circle is black even though there is
> stuff left on the server.
I cannot confirm this in my usage.
> 13. Add Sender To AddressBook
> Doesn't work in b19.
Please report all beta issues on the TBBETA discussion list rather
than the main TBUDL. (BTW, it works for me).
> 15. Folders
> On opening a folder, the cursor bar should immediately jump to the
> next new/unread mail.
I disagree vehemently. I want the cursor left where I left it. It took
me a while to find those messages I'm reading in reference to an issue
I'm writing a note about. Just because a new mail has arrived in that
folder, why should my last focused message no longer be under the
cursor?
> Phew.... :-)
What a marathon effort!
> That was it for this time. Please remember: this is NOT meant as
> criticism in the sense of "TB! sucks" etc pp. I have found TB! the
> _only_ Win mailer that can really call itself "mailer". Yet IMHO
> there are many things to be done (and I am sure the ones listed
> above are not the only ones).
There are always "things to be done" in the name of improvement and
bug fixing. It is by having a vociferous and vigilant user community
that we would hope to keep The Bat flapping furiously. Keep up the
good work, Eberhard.
> One final remark: It would be nice if the community would be able to
> take a glance at the authors' ToDo list.
Indeed it would!
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
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