On 2/2/02 9:35 PM, "Theo Angell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Andrew M. Miller, > > ... regarding (your message of 2/2/02 7:36 PM): > >> I'm just curious how many people here used Claris Emailer (I recognize quite >> a few names from back when I was on that list). >> >> Are there any features from Emailer you still miss? (besides AOL support, of >> course :-) > > What I miss the most: > -The "compactness" of Emailer's interface: It just seems that Emailer used > less real estate on my desktop Well, it was much simpler and did less, didn't it? Maybe 1/10th of the features. 1/25th? Also plain and not very attractive. > -Dedicated window for folders; also, it would be nice to have mail only > folders in their own window. The Folder List is equivalent, and you can pack away subfolders. > -Ability to hide folders in that window. You can hide the Folder list completely. (View menu, or in EvX, also click the Hide Folders arrow.) > -I seemed to have more control over creating filters. Yes, you could. Emailer could do both And/Or in the same filter. > -Simpler, easier Find command: I liked the way Emailer searched message, > folder or all messages Entourage does the same thing in the regular Find. In addition there's the dead simple QuickFilter, and all the options of Advanced Find. >and that "intuitive auto-paste" (can't describe it > really, but those who used Emailer know what I mean...) I guess I never noticed that in my few hours there. > > What I like in Entourage: > -Custom views > -Integration with office: spellchecker, dictionary, address book etc. Have you tried "AutoText Cleanup"? Mailing List Manager? Signatures? Categories? IMAP? News? HTML? Increase Font size? Calendar? Tasks? Linking? Add to Address Book? 50 fields for contacts? Non-contact group members? Schedules? Insert Hyperlink? (OK, I'll stop.) Any wonder there have to be more buttons in the main window's toolbar? > > On the whole, Entourage was a surprisingly easy changeover for me. So easy > that I sometimes think they were designed by the same people... They were, give or take a few recent additions. > > I've had a much harder time getting used to the Entourage PIM, coming from > the Palm desktop - which I still might go back to. On the other hand, > integrating the PIM and email client is a great thing! So I don't know and > hope that a) Entourage's PIM gets better or b) the Palm desktop gets an > integrated email client... > Entourage's PIM will get better. I can't imagine Palm getting email. Starting from scratch with all the competition around? I bet there are lots of people trying to operate Palm Desktop with Apple's Mail and Address Book. Yucch all round. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
