That self-righteous, worn-on-the-sleeve disdain for OS X's GUI/
grasping tightly to the past was a (small) part of why I switched
from Eudora to ... well, I won't say because I've no interest in
starting an email client war, especially not here! :) On a side note,
I guess you are saying that a 39 year old such as myself is a "young
'un". If so, thanks! :)
Steve
On Sep 12, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Bob Williams wrote:
On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:06, Rich Siegel wrote:
If I was coming to BBE as a new customer, the toolbar icons on their
own would be enough to put me off buying it.
Funny; people used to say that about the old toolbar icons. :-)
Perhaps you should consider a "Waste cycles drawing trendy, large
3D junk"....
(For those who don't know, around the time of the Mac OS 7/8
transition, when 3D controls were where such features as metal
windows are today, the Eudora e-mail application, being an old
timer's stalwart even then, stuck for a long time to its
traditional but perfectly functional and very efficient flat-style
interface. However, after many young 'uns issued loud complaints
about the program needing to be modernized--just like what's
happened to poor BBEdit in the last few years--Eudora's author
added the new UI features but made them optional. The preferences
option that controlled this part of the UI was called 'Waste cycles
drawing trendy 3D junk" to reflect the author's disdain of the
'modern' UI style while acknowledging the need to yield to current
market requirements. The new toolbar in BBEdit is clearly the
result of similar yielding. That said, although I much prefer the
old icons for their small size, I do love the increased use of the
status area and the navigation bar.)
Regards,
Bob
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