Michael Lewis told: >It means that no email client can be all things to all people. Have anyone ever asked for that in an email application, I wonder. Being reasonably flexible and useful does not mean being "all things to all people" and as reasonably flexible is a quite attainable objective, I see no problem in it. Actually, I support the developers using those principles in their software when I can. When I took up using PowerMail in 2003 or so, I felt it was one of those apps.
> There >will always be some things a client won't do for some people, and all >those things might be different, and trying to implement them all could >drive a developer out of business or insane or both. That is true. The developer has to make the choices, but with time in order to be informed it can of course be wise to fully understand how the different individuals in the target markets actually want to use the app and what unimplemented areas they couldn't live without. Something that is not easy to do as a small developer. I like it when the developer thinks ahead instead of only second guessing the user base wants and needs. But it takes really well working imagination to do that without user input. As I have seen several incremental features I've mentioned on this list and in other communications appearing in different updates, I feel I either think a bit like CTM or that they do listen to their users in the fashion they feel is appropriate. That said, I really feel PowerMail could evolve into the promise its current design suggests. What I mean by that is that overall I think some of the approach CTM chose to take with PowerMail works really really well and have stood the test of time, but that the design and the functions somehow creates some reasonable and perhaps also some unreasonable expectations on how PowerMail will evolve. What I'd like to see myself is a continuing focus on keeping it simple and with the messages and their contents in focus, while taking some bold, yet modest and highly useful moves in advancing how people relate to and use messaging. I'm afraid the from time to time vocal user base on this list on our own is not enough purely business-wise to warrant some of the bug fixes, developments and features I think many people currently not using the app would need to actually become users. Something I think we all should humbly take into this particular equation from time to time. We could all benefit, as a user community, of more often regarding the differing needs of both the subscribers to this list, the complete user base as well as potential new customers. I have yet to find any organization that could use Powermail for their purposes. Believe me, I have tried to "sell it" many times. I'm not going to break down the responses I have got now, but except some minor interface issues the functionality these representatives I met found lacking are not of the type that should freak out the current user base. On another note, for me personally, the benefits of using PowerMail outweighs the drawbacks. However, the gap have been closing for a long time. Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.3 build 4504 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.6 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.3 build 4504 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.6 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB
