We didn't 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. There's 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, it's 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 I'll 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 "you" have just mucked up >> bigtime. >> >> I am sure we are not the only multiple-account folks out there, and I'd 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]><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
