Hello Rémi, An archeological dig discovered that on Thursday, December 6, 2001 at 12:30 GMT +0200, Rémi Pach [RP] typed the following:
>> True, but the free caret system requires mono-spaced fonts. RP> One more reason for the free caret to go. Ask normal e-mail users RP> out there (i.e. not militant batters) what they would prefer and RP> you'll see. Ah, here we go again. The standard answer (as Peter aluded to) is: not all software has to be for "normal" users. TB offers a nice alternative to people who want more power than the standard MS/Netscape/Eudora offerings. RP> First, who needs tables in an e-mail? Not everyone has the same needs as you. RP> Second, if you really need to create a table (once in a blue moon) RP> you can use the spacebar. As I said, that's tedious. RP> Third, you can be almost certain that a table created with TB will RP> look awful to the recipient since 90% of all e-mail users have RP> e-mail clients that use proportional fonts. I'd like to know, where are you getting your numbers? As far as I know, no program *forces* you to use proportional fonts. As I said, mono-spaced ASCII text is the only way everyone has a *chance* of seeing it correctly. That's not to say everyone will see it correctly, but that's by choice. RP> That was my point and you have no answer to that. And you missed my point. I have no way of knowing what fonts my contacts are using. I couldn't even tell you what clients they are using. All I can do is send messages that everyone *can* view correctly. If they choose to use a fancy font or viewer that invalidates my formatting, that's beyond my control. By using mono-spaced fonts, I am only restricting them to a *class* of fonts. I will add, *everyone* has mono-spaced fonts installed on their computer. Not everyone has Word. Not everyone has an HTML capable client. Not everyone has Adobe Acrobat. So what can *everyone* see correctly? RP> The point is that if you turn off the auto-format feature you have to RP> hit Alt-L all the time to reformat manually. No, you're missing the point. The point is, you can turn off the auto-format *only* when you need to make a list. Leave it on for the rest of the time. It takes some getting used to, but it works. RP> Try Eudora's editor and you'll see how well the autoformat feature RP> is implemented. That should be a lesson for TB's programmers. Why? We already have Eudora. Why would we want another Eudora clone? RP> The only differences I see between 1.53d and the 1.54 series are RP> giimmicks and obscure features and shortcuts that no-one needs in real RP> life. That's a tough one to argue. By that argument, filtering, regular expressions, quick templates, address books and so on can all be classified as obscure features and shortcuts. All the things that make TB unique may be useless to you, but they're priceless to me. Who's to say that you're right and I'm wrong? RP> TB will never become a serious alternative to major e-mail RP> clients if its developpers don't look at what people need in the *real RP> world*, What "real" world is that? The business world? The private world? The educational world? Academia? All of them have unique needs and requirements. No one program will be able to accomplish everything all people want. RP> as opposed to a dedicated "fan club", which is what this RP> mailing list sometimes appears to be. That's a surprise. A help-list for a single program is filled with fans. Shocking. RP> TB's editor is the only one of its kind. Which is exactly why it is good. Why would you pay for a client that follows the "big boys"? There are lots of good, free clients available. TB was worth paying for because it is unique. RP> Can it be that TB is right and all the others wrong? Highly RP> unlikely. Why? Everything you've said is a matter of opinion. Just because it doesn't fit with your preferences doesn't mean TB is wrong. This isn't a right/wrong issue. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal There is no such place as the University of Wis-cosine, and if there was, the motto of their mathematics department would not be "Secant ye shall find." -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
