Thank you, Ming-Li!
Continuing the comparison............
> That being said, there're a few other Becky's features I like (in no
> particular order):
>
> 1. Current account on top: well, it's a little hard to explain
> unless you try it. Simply speaking, Becky can (optionally)
> automatically move the account you click on to the top of the
> account tree, expand it (I forgot it's only to the first level or
> all the folders). Other accounts would be collapsed at the bottom.
>
> 2. The ability to hide some accounts (or folders, or both, I'm not
> sure): by hiding less used (e.g., archive) accounts/folders the
> account tree can be much neater.
>
> 3. The ability to zoom preview window to full window.
>
> 4. A threading utility: for you to fix (break, or link, or reorder)
> a thread manually.
>
> 5. Multi personality (profiles) for one account: so you can collect
> mail from several servers within one account (hence one set of
> filters), and you can choose from several identities when writing
> mail. Nothing we can't accomplish in TB, but in much simpler way.
>
> 6. Backup log: you may ask Becky to keep nn days' mail in backup
> log, which can later be imported into the program if needed. Again,
> nothing can't be achieved (at least to similar effect) in TB, but
> simpler.
Hi! There are other minor nice implementations in the interface of
Becky that I like:
- information about the number of messages in a folder [Unread/Total]
appears in status bar therefore the folder list can be narrower,
compared to TB [ in absence of full width preview pane]; next to folder
there is only information about the number of new messages.
- download progress is also in the status bar, showing you details about
message being currently downloaded . Personally I don't like those
progress windows in TB. They are a little annoying to my taste... I
always minimize them.
- problem of showing attachments, [ has been discussed some time ago]
is solved very well,
- well, drag and drop in the editor...
- the equivalent of mail dispatcher [ Remote MAilbox] is quite clever
too...
Filters are definitely not as powerfu as in TB, but sufficient for basic
needs, also giving possibility of colouring messages
Krister Ekstrom asked me what is use of Direct Edit....
I think that it can be very useful giving the possibility of changing
quickly the subject of the message or cutting out the unimportant or
unnecessary part. Sometime it is vital to be able to adjust a date , especially
when you forward messages from an other program or account and the
dates are fake... With Direct Edit - no problem. :-)
Talking about the somehow hidden power of TB and his Sorting Office, the
possibilities of Templates and macros. I would suggest to you guys, [especially
after reading in several postings about a will to help RITLabs and wish to
support the development of TB] to write a good Manual that can be
distributed via the Net as .pdf or .txt. We all know that the Help file
is not the strongest point of TB and I suppose that writing a good
manual, explaining the use of most advanced features of the program,
written by experts, would be an enormous contribution and a "big thing" to
all new users. I see there are many very knowledgable people out there.
And I think that you should unite and do, what many people do for
Pegasus - since many years
Many greetings!
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