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Hi Nick,
On 18 October 2000 at 15:51:28 GMT -0700 (which was 23:51 where I
live) Nick Andriash wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Rally Masters":
>> You must be able to guarantee that you will check all addresses on
>> new messages, whether generated from the AB favourites list, from a
>> generic new message command or from an external mailto click, any
>> of which can be randomly affected by whichever folder currently has
>> the focus in the TB main window.
NA> Marck, I forget the specifics involved, but sometimes when you are
NA> composing a reply, and a newly filtered message arrives to the
NA> folder and/or thread from which you are replying, that the Subject
NA> of your reply can change, or a whole new reply with the changed
NA> subject is generated, unbeknownst to the User.
That's not what happens. The new message has to arrive *before* you
reply. This bug is a complete sidetrack to the issue of template
location.
NA> That anomaly, together with the MailTo: problem, is the basis of
NA> the argument for using AB Templates.
It isn't. They are very separate issues. The former has no bearing and
is not influenced by template location. It is a matter of how many
messages are highlighted in the message list at the moment you hit the
reply button. The latter is only about template location and is not
connected to the multiple / wrong reply bug.
NA> I consider those to be bugs in TB! rather than careless use of
NA> Folder Templates or cursor placement.
One is a bug (the former) and one is a misuse issue (the latter).
NA> I think RITLabs should correct the bugs and not leave it to the
NA> Users to be relegated to using AB Templates to get around them.
Yes, RIT should correct the bugs, but in the case of replies which end
up with the wrong address because of the use of Folder templates,
there is nothing to correct. TB is only doing what it has been told to
do in these cases. If the user has a message open in a folder with a
folder template which has a %TO macro in it. When the user clicks a
mailto:, TB does as it's been told to do when creating a message from
the current folder and re-addresses it. The problem is in the use, not
the programming.
NA> Folder level Templates are by far more convenient to use. With AB
NA> Templates, you have to aim at a very very thin strip of screen
NA> real estate next to the New Message button just to generate a new
NA> message. With Folder Templates, you simply hit the larger
NA> button... one click and you're done!
... as long as you're in the right folder to start with. I used to use
folder templates and, for me, it was multiple clicks to open the
folder tree and navigate to the right folder first *then* click "New".
>> In the long run, AB templates are *much* safer by an order of
>> magnitude.
NA> Safer? With respect to circumventing the 'bugs' outlined above,
NA> perhaps. However, TB!'s Address Book's finicky behaviour is well
NA> documented.
I don't agree. I think TB has some quirks in it which have recently
come to light regarding completely blank folder templates having a
strange effect on AB templates.
NA> Having to now trust all my Message Templates to the whims of the
NA> AB causes me even more concern. :o(
It's never let me down.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
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