Hello rich, Friday, June 4, 2004, 5:38:08 PM, you wrote:
B>> Smileys and Chat- can anyone tell me why Ritlabs has added these B>> silly features to its awesome mailer? Smileys seems like something B>> straight out of AOL's cheesy mailer, and those of us that actually B>> use instant messaging are probably not going to ditch what we B>> currently use in favor of Mail Chat anytime soon. rg> While I agree that neither should have taken a front seat to rg> developing other features I do not think I am nearly as offended as rg> you by either. rg> My take on Smileys and mail chat: If they are mail client specific rg> then they are completely useless. rg> If I send 100 emails out with Smileys, chances are (guessing) 60 are rg> going to Outlook, 30 to Netscape (AOL), and the other 10 to Eudora, rg> Pegasus, The Bat!, etc. If they only mail clients to see my Smileys rg> are TB! clients then it is a complete waste of time and resources. Who can see the smileys other than BAT readers? rg> Same deal with mail chat if I cannot chat cross-platform then it too rg> is a complete waste. rg> What happens when I get an email that contains (c) for copy-written rg> material I do not want to see a cup of coffee. (I would however rg> welcome a beer for (b) in a bulleted list!) B>> Did anyone actually request these features? There are many fine B>> suggestions on the wishlist and I can't believe that these two B>> stood out above the rest. Why doesn't Ritlabs just give its user B>> base what they ask for instead of bloating their program with this B>> stuff? Or at least give us the option of installing it as a B>> feature. rg> Boy, I have to agree completely on this! I have not only requested new rg> features but placed unresolved bug reports as well. :( rg> Rich rg> P.S. The only reason I cannot agree with your first statement above rg> (that TB! is "awesome") is due to the seeming disregard the user rg> community's issues. Aside from that TB! is still my mailer of choice rg> (warts and all, as they say). Agree fully. The only salvation is that smileys can be disengaged and using MicroEd editor. Chat I guess can be disregarded. Still it is an effort to add to the program instead of using the effort to add other useful features and bug corrections. -- Best regards, Peter Kerekes (Toronto, Canada) Maturity is knowing when and where to be immature. TB! v2.11.02 and BayesIt! 0.5.5 on Windows 98 SE4.10.1998 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
