7. Links in HTML messages are sometimes clickable, sometimes not. - Winston
Winston Weinmann wrote: >6. For HTML messages I cannot use the cursor to select text. I can >double click on a word to select that word, or triple click and select a >line, but I can't click and drag over HTML text to select it. > >This means I often have to take the extra step to either switch to text- >only view, or open the message in a web browser, in order to copy >something from an email. > >- Winston > > >Winston wrote: > >>I was a late upgrader from PowerMail 5 to PowerMail 6. Here are a few >>impressions. >> >>1. Great that I can now print HTML documents (without opening them in a >>web browser first). >> >>2. Wish I could forward HTML documents. This really is essential these >>days. (Yes, I suppose I could open them in my web browser, then print to >>a PDF, then send an attachment. But really.) >> >>3. Dragging a message from the In Tray to a folder doesn't show the >>message dragging. This is very disconcerting. The destination folder >>highlights when the cursor goes over it, but I can't easily tell that >>I'm still dragging something. And if I mis-drag I'm not sure I'll ever >>see where the message went as it's invisible. >> >>Is there a fix for this? >> >>4. The highlight on a message being read in the In Tray is too bright. >>It's also almost impossible to read a message name that has been >>labeled, as these go dark against the blue highlight. Nor can you see >>how it's labeled. Definitely a step backward. >> >>5. Hiccups >>- a calendar item that came as text originally, then as a calendar >>attachment that opened in iCal when someone else forwarded it to me. I >>suspect PowerMail could have handled the first one more elegantly. >> >>- HTML sometimes still doesn't show up. I have to click on another >>message, then back to the one in question. Sometimes several times. >> >>- could not copy the PowerMail 6 application from the downloaded Disk >>Image directly to my computer. Had to open it on an Intel Mac and hide >>it in a Zip file to get it onto my PowerPC computer. >> >>- HTML messages, which I suspect were improperly formatted without a >>text only section, come in as attachments instead of opening in PowerMail. >> >>I'm sure there are some benefits I am missing, but other than (FINALLY) >>being able to print what I see in an HTML document, I do not see much >>change. I am still getting used to the brighter blue and white bands >>separating messages and folders. They seem more distracting than helpful. >> >>I do appreciate the Rich Text formatting option, although I've not used >>it yet. I'd have preferred being able to forward HTML documents. >> >> >>- Winston >> >> > > >
