-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was Sun, 18 Jul 2004, at 12:18:12 -0400, @ @ when subscriber2list wrote:
> Also, concur with your assessement re: geeks or advanced users would > tend to investigate using The Bat! Most everyday users may tend to > stay away from it as there is so much power, but poor documentation > (in general). The general populace is not like most of the subscribers > to this email list in that they will not delve into the intricacies of > the product for any length of time. If they do use it, they will only > use what is easy to use ... I switched to TB from Netscape Messenger, for just one reason: to work with all accounts (in/out) *at once*. I had several accounts and had to constantly switch between "profiles" to accomplish sending/receiving my mail. It meant much more time spent on-line, on a very bad connection, if we disregard all other inconveniences. I complained to a friend and he told me about TB. I was so happy that I could do what I wanted, that I accepted all collateral effects, cooly. (: All the rest of various features I see as a bonus sort of, whether they are essentially useful to me or not so much. And it was not easy to me to manage with a totally new and strange conceptions in that time. I had impression of TB then, and always after, as of some experimental dragster prototype: eternally unfinished contraption ready to carry out definitively unusual and amazing things. So... > I too personally hate to see the emphasis on the HTML side of the > house, but that might be RIT's strategy to expand their markets and > provide an alternate to Incredimail, OE, et al. ...if they really yearn now to compete with various sorts of *limos* (-; and circus cars, forgetting own roots, then let them be so. We all make mistakes, so we should allow the same to others too. > Oh well, just as long as they don't forget us along the way. Market is often a cruel and merciless environment, especially for those who have no a strict and clear goal, and who are prone to hesitate excessively, and above all, for those who tend to please "audience" which is not their own. Personally, I do not feel, nor think, that the market has to be pleased by any price, even if this would mean more money for me. Something in quality of my life changes then, and if I put on a steelyard the both, somehow am more prone to choose *my life*. (-: I could bearably easily live with less money, but would hardly live that bearably with less of my "dreams". And of course, not every one is obligated to live "in my way". (: Just trying to analyze a bit the "situation". Thinking aloud... In this hot afternoon... again is 36°C... here... tropical ..it... (: Going for a :beer: ... Where was the fridge... > The truth IMO is they need you and others on this list and other > related lists in order to provide a good product. You'll all "part of > the team" ... be it advertising (via word of mouth or other means), > providing wish list items, testing, etc. I am convinced that they get a best possible feedback via these several TB lists. They really are a great source of reversal informations and new ideas, or just ideas, and all these "users" should probably be treated as "associates". (-; - -- Mica PGP key uploaded at: <http://pgp.mit.edu/> once just before breakfast -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFA/VDH9q62QPd3XuIRApGEAJ91iKjfVTwT6fn0LdJ0qZdKHSkrKQCgiXjn DVp/E+Q1Qtr7EtHlyjuP6WQ= =Oxtz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
