Ouch.
--jason
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:41:12AM +0200, Peter Fagerlund wrote:
> > Ahhh ... pushing forward is hard ... change ... the pain of growing ...
> > cognisance dissonance - from having to change a GUI ... ;-) ... I to feel
> > uncomfortable but recognise it is me - having to adapt really ... Just have
> > hourly/daily/monthly *text* "tome's" downloadable for those who like to read
> > and grep offline ... could be one simple solution ...
>
> Actually, when it comes to user interfaces, moving to an exclusively
> web based solution is a significant step backwards. With mail, the
> content and the presentation are very firmly separate. As a user, I am
> only bound by the content and I can use whatever presentation I
> like. I have used my mail reader for years and have become very
> comfortable with it. This is true for many others. If I become unhappy
> with the way my mail is presented, I can get _any_ other mail reader
> that supports the content format (SMTP) and use that in stead.
>
> The exclusively web based solution integrates both content and
> presentation into one. I have to be satisfied with the way the web
> solution chooses to present the content to me and there is no way I
> can change this to fit myself. Not to mention that I have to be happy
> with the excessively crappy web forms text editor when composing
> messages.
>
> It represents a step backwards in terms of usability, apparantly in
> order to pave the way for a step forwards in implementation (i.e., use
> web/jboss/whatnot). I don't like it when the usability of a service is
> sacrificed in favour of some behind-the-scenes implementation details
> that I couldn't care less about (as a user).
>
> But that's just me - a picky end user.
>
> As a developer, I find the jboss/jetty/web forum thing very
> interesting. But I was very disappointed to learn that it won't
> support SMTP as this limitation makes it largely useless for anything
> halfway serious. In my opinion.
>
> Cheers
> Bent D
>
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