powermail-discuss Digest #2945 - Saturday, September 10, 2011
Re: Additional Comment on upgrade to PowerMail 6
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re: Additional Comment on upgrade to PowerMail 6
by "Giovanni Andreani" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Additional Comment on upgrade to PowerMail 6
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:17:24 -0400
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
>>
>>
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>
>
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Subject: Re: Additional Comment on upgrade to PowerMail 6
From: "Giovanni Andreani" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:14:46 +0200
Yes, this is a true fact!
GFiovanni
>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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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