David Tenser wrote: > > > Matt Williams wrote: > >> David Tenser wrote: >> >>> >>> Matt Williams wrote: >>> >>>> David, for those of us who are novice users what are the things you >>>> would like to see added/changed/fixed. >>> >>> >>> Various things. Some examples (please let me know if something >>> requested here is already in there!): >>> >>> * General: better toolbar customizations >>> The ability to add/remove any button/command >>> Ability to turn off captions >>> Ability to move around buttons in the toolbar >>> Ability to move the whole toolbar. Perhaps even the menu >>> and address field, like in IE? >> >> >> >> As an average user these all sound both good and useful >> >> >>> >>> * General: Ability to change keyboard shortcuts. This is something >>> that many programs lacks, including IE. If you use a particular >>> feature often, you should be able to assign a keyboard shortcut to it. >> >> >> >> Excellent >> >>> >>> * Browser: Ability to change icons on bookmarks. For instance, a sun >>> on my local weather homepage. I don't see that option here, but maybe >>> it's in there already? >> >> >> This smacks me as cosmetic at best. What gain does the average user >> get from having icons when it is the words we read? > > > It is a cosmetic suggestion. The gain for the average user (or at least > for myself) is that it's much easier to find a bookmark if it has a > picture associated with it, especially if the list of bookmarks is very > long. > > >>> * Mail client: better filtering options. >>> Forwarding >>> Multiple actions (like forward message AND move it to folder) >>> Coloring (color all love letters red! :) ) >> >> >> Excellent >> >>> >>> * Mail client: Option to use one single Inbox folder for all accounts >>> I find it confusing to be able to click on different Inboxes just >>> to read all new email. Of course, I could set up filtering rules to >>> move all mail to one Inbox... >> >> >> As an average user who subscribes to 15 "birding" listservs with 200+ >> messages arriving every day, I would find your suggested enhancement >> extremely painful. I would hate to have to sift through all my >> Birding e-mails to get to my business and/or personal e-mails > > > > Of course, this is a matter of taste. Personally, I view it as if > there's just one inbox that all mail goes into. Then you can create > subfolders that different mail goes to, depending on account, subject, > etc. So even with a unified inbox, you could specify to move all > listservers to go into a sub folder.
You are right, however I have found that there are times when Yahoo is down and in those times where that is true it Netscape has to give the Yahoo server time enough to respond. In your proposed scenario, getting my mail quickly from my PacBell account would be compromised by the up or down status of Yahoo. With some luck and creativity there is a solution that can accommodate both our ideas/needs. > >>> * Mail client: The default action when clicking on "Get Msgs" should >>> be to get ALL new messages, not just the highlighted account. If you >>> only want to download a particular account, click the little arrow. >>> Right now it's the opposite logic. >> >> >> Again, I would find your suggestion cumbersome, although much less so >> than your concept of a unified Inbox. Actually when I think of it >> it's not that it is bad, it just doesn't really add any efficiency to >> my workflow > > > I just find it weird having to select each and every Inbox and press Get > Msgs. Why would I only want to check one account at a time, and if I > wanted to, I could click on the little arrow next to the button and > select that account. I guess I'm used to this behavior from Outlook. > >>> * Mail client: When loading the client, you can't click the "Get >>> Msgs" button. I'm sure the bug is already reported so I don't report it. >> >> >> So if I understand you correctly the issue is that Get Messages >> doesn't work unless you are clicked on an actual folder rather than an >> account. How would you decide which account to choose for those users >> who have three or four accounts in their profile (as I do)? > > > Again, I think the button should download all accounts :) > But actually, when starting the program, one account _is_ highlighted, > so having the button disabled on startup is still a bug. Maybe I should > report it after all. > > / David >
