Hello MAU! On Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 11:54 AM, you wrote:
>>> I am constantly having to do work-arounds of the Outbox's >>> behavior. And this has been true for me since my first version, v. >>> 1.61. What will it hurt you, Vili, if I have a working Draft >>> folder supplied to me by the developers? >> :)) Simpler is always better... > You are right but I think you are again confusing the terms Vili. > That's precisely the point in proposing a Drafts folder. Having an > Outbox and a Drafts folder is much _simpler_ to understand and use > for everybody (and less prone to misunderstandings and mistakes) > than just having an Outbox, where you mix messages to be sent > (perhaps some Parked so they will be sent later) and drafts, and > then having to add an euphemistically called "Outbox Protection > Feature", which I just call 'dirty trick', to avoid some of the > possible problems of TB's 'peculiar' Outbox. Said better than I could ever hope to explain it, MAU! In some real-world offices one has an Outbox and an Inbox on one's desk. In those offices, only things ready to exit are placed in the Outbox (unless the user makes a mistake, always possible in both the real and the virtual worlds). Messages still being worked on are kept in a separate container--perhaps simply in a stack on the desk itself, perhaps in a desk drawer for work-in-progress. That's why having a Draft folder *and* an Outbox folder are such a simple and intuitive way to set up The Bat! -- Best regards, Please support the wish for a 'Draft' folder at: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=5441 Mary The Bat 3.63.08 (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.63.09 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
