-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Thomas,
@12 July 2002, 14:20 +0700 (08:20 UK time) Thomas F [TF] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: TF> ... I would think it is time for a seperate addressbook program TF> into which email clients, PIMs, and other application can hook TF> into... I don't get it. Still the language problem persists. Here's why I prize the TB "address book" (let's call it the email address manager, because that's what it really is): Multiple email addresses per entry Group templates Individual templates per entry Tight interaction between filters / groups / multiple addresses Integration with macros (%AB.....) Address auto-view giving a "video-mail" like capability when the photo facility is used. *Every one* of these superb features would be compromised (interfered with) by the use of an external AB or PIM. No PIM would even *want* to hold the kind of information used to give this functionality. I don't want addresses and phone numbers in TB. I *do* want the extra space those fields provide so that I can cheat group templates to use (e.g.) %ABtofax them to give extra levels of intelligent customization. The TB email address manager ROCKS! Just stop calling it an Address Book and it suddenly looks *so* fit for purpose. The cross-over between addresses in my PIM and addresses in TB is so small. 10% of my TB contacts are in my PIM. 105 of my PIM contacts are in my TB AB. The information I keep in TB about those people only ever crosses over in the Name. That's it. Sure, all names in one place has merit on paper, but clear thought and analysis shows what a waste of space it would be to chuck all people data in one place. Of course, this is all IMHO and only to provide the counterpoint. I accept that not everyone uses information in the same way and that there may yet be some truly compelling argument for full integration. I just haven't seen one that isn't full of holes and fuzzy thinking yet. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator SB! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.1.90-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE9LqzWOeQkq5KdzaARAjRJAKCT3AAj0SV6gC+W9IqCwzGaLiNvOgCfTL+i Rs+tIycUWz9XEc9fgIPTpU4= =Z5aI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60q FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
