On 4/8/02 11:32 AM, "Harry Zink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there *ANY* hope to see Entourage 2001 rev'd up to support the new data
> structures of Entourage v.X -- to allow interoperability of X and os9
> versions of the application?
Well, I don't think any official announcement has been made, but it sure
doesn't look like it. there's a demand for new features, which will be be
the focus of further development in OS X, not 9.
I will be soon releasing scripts which will allow you to export and import
virtually all your data back and forth between 2001 and X (and other PIMS
too). Contacts, groups, messages, folders, calendar, task, notes, accounts,
mailing lists, etc,. - everything except rules, schedules and custom view
criteria, which aren't accessible by script
>
> Since it is more than likely that users will continue to jump back and forth
> between os9 and osX and that certain environments (corporate) won't make the
> switch to osX for quite some time, it would seem like a smart thing to do,
> to provide better compatibility between the two.
Glad to oblige.
>
> Not only that, but let's face it, the market for v.X is pretty slim right
> now, and by providing a new rev of Entourage 2001 that converts to the new
> structure, it will make it far easier for users to upgrade in the future.
The market is NOT slim. Check the Entourage newsgroup:
microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
That's where all users are now sent by MacTopia. (Only old geezers "in the
know" like us know abut this mailing list.) The demand is enormous there.
An a significant proportion seem to be people who never had a Mac (or 2001)
before.
>
> Also, I understand that some of the fancy osX effects won't be possible
> under os9 (I cry a river), but it is also a fact that the os9 version of
> Entourage runs circles in speed around v.X - and that's NOT the fault of the
> MacBU, but rather what they had to work with.
>
> I'm currently running Entourage on a 667MHz G4, and it still takes
> unforgivable delays to view a new message in the preview pane, or even to
> just open a new blank message (when I can watch a window being drawn on a G4
> system, you know something's foul) - when I start and run Entourage under
> os9, everything is blindingly fast.
How much memory? I have only a paltry G3 350, but with 768 MB RAM, Entourage
is fast enough for me.
>
> Personally, I feel like the MacBU has gotten a raw deal with the rush to get
> Office v.X out he door, as they are certainly not responsible for the
> molasses like performance that the OS hoists on it.
>
> And, feature parity was possible with the IE browser - it'd be awesome if he
> same could be possible for Entourage.
>
I'd be extremely surprised if you see much ore development for IE in OS 9
either. OS 9 has just about reached the end of its line: probably the next
OS update, where they're trying to get CarbonLib right and all the little
bugs fixed, will be the last.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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