I¹d very strongly prefer that the window Title include the name of the Identity I am in. It can include the other info, as well, but I need to know the identity.
The family members I mentioned live in three different cities. None of us share computers at all (there are currently three desktop and four laptop Macs in my home). However, we each have chosen to separate different functions within our individual lives by setting up separate identities in Entourage. And we need to keep these functions separate and know where we are at any given time. Carol On 1/18/08 9:35 AM, "Andy Ruff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We didn¹t remove multiple identities, just did not optimize the design for > them. All we did was change the window title to reflect folders and accounts > rather than identities. There¹s a number of usability wins as a result (e.g. > Expose and the Windows menu are now useful rather than a repeated list of the > same window title). > > Carol, have you ever considered using OS accounts to provide separated access > for folks in your family? In the end, it¹s a much more secure and private > method for allowing multiple people to use the same computer. > > -Andy > > > On 1/18/08 5:17 AM, "Carol F. Bruml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I prefer these messages completely separate. Not in folders in the same >> account; each account already has multiple folders. >> >> I WANT the three, very separate, identities. This prevents, among other >> things, mixing of the address books for each, which NEED to be kept very >> separate, due to their different purposes. >> >> I need to keep separate calendars, tasks, projects, and address books for >> each identity. These are not "just" separate e-mail addresses; they are >> separate functions in my life. The same holds true for the other members of >> my family, whom I listed in my original message. >> >> And I WANT (read: NEED!) to know which one I am in, at any given time. >> >> Carol >> >> >> On 1/18/08 7:44 AM, "Larry Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> > On 1/18/08 6:19 AM, Carol F. Bruml at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> > >>>> >> NO, NO, NO and NO! Many of us use multiple identities and this will be a >>>> >> major pain in the neck! >>>> >> >>>> >> I use four separate identities and switch among them multiple times a >>>> day. >>>> >> One each for two newsletters I do, one related to an organization I >>>> >> volunteer for, and my personal one. If I¹ll have to hunt to figure out >>>> which >>>> >> account I am in at any given time in Office 2008, I may just stick with >>>> the >>>> >> 2004 version as long as I can. >>>> >> >>>> >> Most members of my family use multiple identities, for a reason! >>>> >> >>>> >> NONE of us use a single identity only, and part of the reason I have >>>> >> strongly preferred Entourage over Mail is the ease of switching between >>>> >> accounts, and knowing where I am, which it appears ³you² have just >>>> mucked up >>>> >> bigtime. >>>> >> >>>> >> I am sure we are not the only multiple-account folks out there, and I¹d >>>> like >>>> >> to see this fixed, pronto! >>> > >>> > Multiple identities is not a requirement for accessing multiple accounts. I >>> > have one identity and always have but it has access to a bunch of >>> different >>> > e-mail accounts. If you're using POP, rules can be used to direct mail to >>> > different folders based on what account received it. If you're using IMAP, >>> > everything normally will just stay in it's correct account. >>> > >>> > This has the added advantage of not having to switch just to see if mail >>> > came in for a particular account. Using multiple identities to manage >>> > multiple accounts seems to me to be what would be a major pain in the >>> neck. >> >> >> -- >> 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/> >> >> >
