This is interesting and shows just how different we all are. I for one think that the "reading of bits and pieces of messages", as you put it, is really helpful. This determines if a message with a not so explanatory subject line is worth my time or not. This, however is only me. /Krister
11 nov 2011 kl. 02:11 skrev Jessica: > I'm currently using that as well, and not sure what I think about it. I'm > not sure if it's unfamiliarity with the system itself, issues with the OS, or > a little of both, but I've kind of been struggling with it. Perfect example, > I just had a friend of mine help me make some changes to my e-mail settings > so I could sort through it easier and not have it continuously read me bits > and pieces of my messages before I'd even opened them, and now for some > reason unknown to me, it's now decided not to display anything other than my > inbox, so I have no idea if my trash folder has been emptied or not. > I've tried removing and readding the acount, only to have the same issues, > so don't know what to make of that. I haven't really had the busy signals > with Safari all that much, but have it with Mail on a somewhat regular basis. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Missy Hoppe > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:48 AM > Subject: RE: Lion, a lemon? > > I agree with you a zillion percent. I still have lion installed on an > external drive, so try it out from time to time and update it whenever > possible, but for day to day use, I have no plans to ever abandon Snow > Leopard. I'm not an expert using that by any means, but at least it works > more reliably. The only application that seems to read a little bit better > for me under lion is skype, and since I'm not a huge skype fan in the first > place, that's not a big deal. I know it isn't possible, but I wish I could > get my $30 back from lion, and if Lion had been my first ever mac > experience, I definitely would have returned or tried to sell my macbook. > Missy > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Lion, a lemon? > > Hi all, > I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came > out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine backup of my > Snow Leopard system, and I can't tell you how glad I am that I did. I tried > Lion for a week, and found it to be terribly buggy and not nearly as > intuitive to use as SL. I restored my computer back to SL, and have continued > using it since. Recently, a friend of mine got a brand new iMac with Lion > installed. He has been calling me asking for help understanding how to do > some very simple things. using the mail program, entering a tun of contacts > into his address book, and using Safari to listen to a webcast he > particularly likes. While we handled mail without much difficulty, I must say > that Safari and Address Book have been riddled with problems. Safari will > often give us the busy signal, and the address book kicks us out of the > fields and deposits us in some sort of no mans land where we must command tab > back and forth to get free. He has updated to Lion 10.7.2, and yet this > hasn't really fixed the issues. The nonsense with creating multiple desktops > and such was a bit annoying too. I wonder if maybe simple is better some > times. It's sad, but as I purchased a snow leopard full installation disc for > him, I'm going to go down to his house and put SL on his machine so that he > can actually have a good experience using his mac rather than the flawed and > terribly buggy one he's been having. That's not to say that SL doesn't have > its problems, but they are far fewer than Lion it seems. I hope that Apple > will take a page from Microsoft and move quickly on to the next OS as > Microsoft did from Vista to 7. I'm afraid Lion is a lemon. > I'm curious to know about your experiences with Lion versus Snow Leopard. > > Friendly, > Chris > -------------- > I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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