On 8/15/04 2:51 AM, "Frederico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/08/14 11:02 PM, "Raul Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -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. > > Agreed. Long, long, long overdue, and oft requested. Apparently we should > not hold our breath; MS knows best. I *never* use the icon bar, neither in > Browser or in an open message (or any other window I can think of) and yet > I have to give it a substantial amount of precious real estate. What few > buttons I might want there, I am unable to place. Crazy.
That would be terrific. It would be really nice if AppleScripts could be placed there. > -- I'd also just giggle with glee if I could set the outgoing mail account > in a new message via keystroke. I freakin' hate using the mouse (or any > pointing device when forced to), and yet thirty, fifty, seventy or more > times a day I have to mouse up to select a different outgoing account (I > manage over 400 email addresses, and do a lot of mail every day). Did you try Paul Berkowitz's "Account & Signature Shortcuts" script for this? It's very handy for this purpose. <http://www.scriptbuilders.net/category.php?search=Signature+Shortcuts> > Thanks for starting this discussion; perhaps the MSBU will actually listen > this time around, and in another three to five years, we might see some of > these features (for another $349.00). > > What really needs to be done is a website with user-submitted feature > suggestions needs to be publicly posted, and Entourage enthusiasts can both > vote on and discuss a requested feature. > If a feature receives enough votes, maybe, just maybe the MacBU will > allocate some development hours to the most popular requested features. Microsoft is implementing this into their newsgroups <http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx >. See this page for details: <http://communities2.microsoft.com/library/gallery/components/wn/3/locales/h elp/help_en-US.htm#GiveMSFeedback> It hasn't yet been implemented officially in the Mac groups, but the Mac BU do monitor this mailing list as well as the newsgroups for feedback. > Now, I would also want to count a feature request somewhat differently from > what I see as buggy, or non-conformist behaviors, such as missing Universal > Access features, and such. These list items should be addressed by MS at > their expense, and included in a free update. Sloppy coding corrections and > laziness in making sure all existing features behave as expected should not > require the cost of an upgrade to resolve. I agree, but I think that it might not be feasible for Microsoft to fix every bug for free, especially considering that some bugs are rarely encountered and some affect a small number of users, and that these bugs might take a disproportionate amount of money to fix properly. -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
