on 15/08/2004 15:02, Raul Gutierrez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Making entourage better (at least for me!): > > -Instant or near instant index searches of the database. > > -Searches in which I can type �Bi Ga� or �B Gat� as a search term instead of > forcing me to type �Bill G�... ie to recognize spaces as separating search > terms. > > -I would like an �all� category added to search field to search all fields. > This would be my default.
Better searching would be good. Usually when I am searching it's for something where the search is going to take a lot of time. > -I should be able to drag 800 emails from folder to folder as easily as I drag > 5. Right now the more emails I select the slower drags become. Eventually > drags take 20 or 30 seconds to process... I believe at the very least the HI > for the drag should always be speedy even if the actual copying takes place in > the background. I haven't experienced this as I don't drag that many emails, but anything thing in the user interface that is slow should be fixed. > -Attachments that are images should show up as thumbnails in the attachments > pane. Now this would be handy. I could then relate the images I see within the message window with the files that they are. > -I want to edit the icon palette as I never use many of the options. I would > get rid of reply all, flag, print, delete, junk, categories & projects as well > as tasks notes and project center. I like a minimalist icon palette. The icon palette doesn't bother me except for the many times I click on the Trash icon when I meant to click on Print. > -folder icon options (I hate the default folder) It's something that is cosmetic, which doesn't bother me. > -If I am arranging a folder by "To" or "From" or "subject" (and shown in a > group) I should be able to drag the heading to another folder (I know I can > use the contextual menu, but sometimes dragging is more natural). Are you then wanting the destination folder to use the same arranging? That could be handy. > -If a folder is arranged by a particular field and shown in as a group there > should be some easy way to navigate from group to group. (maybe command or > option arrow up/down) iTunes uses left and right arrow to move between tracks. Holding the Option key down will jump between albums. Perhaps holding the Option key down would be a good choice. > -It would be nice to have the option to drag folders to the desktop and get > individual textfiles. I still would normally want mbox, but individual files > would often be handy. Additionally it would be nice if the text files had > creation dates set to the date the email was sent and modification dates set > to the date the email was received (maybe this would be nice if someone option > dragged to the desktop). I haven't had a need to drag a folder to the desktop so I will leave this to others. > -entourage should respect my font smoothing prefs! (right now folder names are > smoothed seeminly at random as is email info (from, subject, sent) seemingly > without regard to my preference that fonts smaller than 10 points not be > smoothed. It's not something I have encountered. > -Apple�s built in faxing should be supported (right now the fax dialog box is > really screwed up in Entourage and faxing often fails. The problem is worse in > Word, but bad in Entourage. I don't fax. I send PDFs by email. Usually if I fax I am sending something that I received as a hardcopy. But then I am sure there are people who still need to fax. > -I would like the option of a menu indicator to show new mail. Not sure what you mean? I have a view which displays unread messages. I have an AppleScript to display the view. I have this available in the Mac OS X AppleScript menu so I can easily jump to mail. > -I would like the option to have persistent announcement windowlets instead of > windowlets that fade away after x seconds as the current ones do. I would prefer it to just add the next message to the same windowlet, as in a list, instead of closing the current windowlet and creating a new one. If I then close the windowlet another should not appear for the current receive. I like seeing the messages but there are times when someone is sitting with me and I would rather not have them see the information displayed. > -More/better soundset options This would be good, especially in an environment where several people are using Entourage. Of course there are ways of creating new soundsets but something built-in which uses standard sound formats would be better. > -A service to email any text anywhere. I never use the services menu. Some of the items look useful but I never seem to think about using it. Now for some things I have thought about: - You should be able to choose what items to display in the message list pane when displaying the preview pane on the right. I would like to see the date a message was sent instead of when it is received. - I would also like to choose what details to display in the header of the preview pane, like date sent or which folder it is in. - When auto-correcting words you should have a popup menu like Word 2004, so you can change it back or change auto-correct features. - You should be able to list all instant messaging details for a contact - Opening a vCard file which has the same contact name as someone in the Entourage address book should allow you to merge the details. I recently discovered the Mac OS X Address Book does this. - Better integration with Exchange. It has a long way to go to get it anywhere near the feature set of Outlook for Windows when it comes to Exchange servers. - Incorporate iSync that will come with Mac OS X Tiger. I would love the iSync capability and some improvement with Exchange to come as a service pack and not in a purchasable next version of Office. I can't wait that long for those features -- Matthew Smith -- 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/>
