>> 2) Problem: We all know that searching for a name is way too slow. It's
>> probably a major database handling issue, but all I know as a user is that
>> with the Palm Desktop, I could bring up a name instantly. Entourage takes
>> ages.
>> Fix: beyond my scope, but must be possible... Palm Desktop did it.
>>
> You must have a bigger address book than I do, because I don¹t have this
> problem.
Yes.... nearly 2000 records. But again, Palm Desktop handled it flawlessly.
>> 3) Problem: When you open the contact list, you can do a quick search/sort by
>> "Name contains" or "Company contains". Many times I've typed in a Name then
>> realized that I had it set to Company, had to wait for it to finish sorting,
>> then reset it to Name.
>> Fix: Fourth (first!) search criteria; "Name or Company contains"
>>
> Well, now that I have Paul and Allen¹s ³find contact² scripts, I¹m happy.
> Don¹t use the search from within the contact list any more. I agree that when
> I did it was irritating if I¹d switched to Company and forgot to reset to
> name.
However one shouldn't have to use third party scripts to get around an
issue. The software should just work, as it is.
>> 4) Problem: There is no auto link feature you shouldn't have to search for
>> a name when making appointments or notes as you currently do. The Palm
>> Desktop had a fantastic "auto link" feature. Hit Command-L, and instantly the
>> software would scan your appointment and bring up any contacts with matching
>> key words. Very fast, very convenient. "Dinner with Bob at Chez Snooty" would
>> instantly give you the option to link to Bob's *and* Chez Snooty's contact
>> listing. Trés cool ;-)
>> Fix: Implement Auto-Link feature
>>
> I have to disagree slightly here. When using Palm desktop I was more often
> irritated by its automatic linking suggestions than happy to have them. So if
> automatic linking was implemented in E¹rage, I¹d hope that it would be
> optional.
That feature was optional in Palm Desktop, and I agree that it should be in
Entourage as well. However with it turned 'off', you could always hit
Command-L to 'Link' automatically. Perfection achieved ;-)
> I find the multi day event handling (or non-handling) in sync¹ing to the Palm
> easily the most irritating problem with E¹rage. There¹s no work around (at
> least not that I¹ve found, and I¹ve searched the archives for this list as
> well as MacTopia, and thought about it a lot with no results), either you have
> to have the E¹rage calendar look wrong or have multi day events not show at
> all on the Palm.
Absolutely... I was listing the less than obvious ones. Microsoft knows
about that one by now, I can assure you ;-)
ta,
-Joseph-
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