Ben Bucksch wrote:
>...
> Note that the AccountCentral pretty much duplicates the OE startpage.
Except that it doesn't. In Outlook Express for Windows, `Outlook
Express' <http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie5/images/startBG.gif> (which
is the start page) is a *parent item* to all the account items
<http://cws.internet.com/screenshots/img/outlookx1-big.gif>. Perhaps
Mozilla should do this too, though this would increase the width
required by the folder pane.
(I would like to know what Outlook Express for Windows shows when an
account itself is selected, but I can't find any screenshots of this.
Perhaps someone could post an URL?)
And in Outlook Express for Mac OS, all accounts are merged into a single
set of folders, with the result that there is no start page -- there is
nothing to select which could display it
<http://www.chasms3.com/macie5/macoe.htm>.
> > If offline mode is well-implemented, then using IMAP offline makes
> > just as much sense as using POP offline.
>
> Depends on what you mean with "sense". IMAP offline works with a
> *replication*, POP offline with the original msg store.
Depending on your POP settings.
>...
> > Internet Explorer is smart enough to work out that you are offline,
> > and ask you if you want to go online.
>
> No, it can't. No way. (IIRC, I explained why on .ui a few days ago.)
And since you did that, it has worked fine for me on Windows 2000.
Or perhaps IE just takes the generic `TCP error: No route to host' (the
delightful text which 4.x uses), and guesses that the most likely
explanation is that you are offline?
> I guess, it works, if
> - the users uses the Windows DUL or
> - told MSIE that he is connected to the Internet all the time
> but that are special cases.
>
> > Why can't Mozilla do this?
>
> Because MSIE can't do it either.
So does Outlook Express for Windows, which has a `Hang Up' button on the
toolbar (IIRC).
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