Re: Should I stay or should I go...? (PIM's; OT)

2003-01-16 Thread Julian Beach (Lists)
On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 3:42:13 PM, Joseph N. wrote: Anyone who is not interested in Outlook should look into IBM/Lotus Organizer. It's quite powerful despite its ease of use; it syncs flawlessly with Palms (can't vouch personally for other types of handhelds); and it imports/exports

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-16 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Deborah, PK Try Time and Chaos http://www.isbister.com/ I use it for a number PK of years. I've been using TC for only a few months, but I'll second the vote. It's terrific. Does it somewhat interface or talk to TB to send mail, etc.? -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial -

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-15 Thread John Phillips
Hi Andy, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, at 15:11:56 [GMT -] (which was 02:11 where I live) you wrote: OK, assuming you've not filtered out my email completely because I'm using Outlook 2000 :-), I have a question (or two). I've just found The Bat!, test-installed it (latest as of yesterday, 1.62

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-15 Thread Clive Taylor
Hello Julian JBL I still use Outlook for my contacts JBL and diary (I have not got round to finding a suitable replacement that JBL will work with my Palm) What's wrong with Palm's own desktop? Needs vary, but I switched from Outllok to this and find it more effective and easier to use --

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-15 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Dave, Wow! 2 years of TBing for me, and I had no idea this existed! I don't know if it was here or in TBBETA that someone said recently that it takes about 10 years to become aware of all TB capabilities. ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-15 Thread Clive Taylor
Hello John JP One major problem (IMO - your needs may vary) is the inability to have JP recurring tasks. You can set events to repeat at regular intervals but, I agree, there's no way to automate irregular future commitments. -- Clive Taylor Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Andy, @14-Jan-2003, 15:11 Andy Holt said: Some small examples seem to be that: - I cannot open different folders at once in different windows - Double click on any message in the message list. You can open dozens or even (given memory and

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Jonathan Angliss
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, Andy Holt wrote... OK, assuming you've not filtered out my email completely because I'm using Outlook 2000 :-), I have a question (or two). I've just found The Bat!, test-installed it (latest as of yesterday, 1.62 is

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Andy, - I cannot save searches and thus make explorer short cuts to them No, you cant save them in the way you say. But the Message Finder saves the last 9 searches you have done with all conditions (not just the search strings). You can re-use any of them by opening the Message Finder

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Matt Thoene
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 @ 7:11:56 AM [-0700], Andy Holt wrote: 2. (for ex-Outlook 2000 users) Being honest, are there any things that OL 2000 does that you cannot do in TB!, that you miss? Johnathan and Marck have answered your other questions but I wanted to touch on this one. I used

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Julian Beach (Lists)
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 3:11:56 PM, Andy Holt wrote: 2. (for ex-Outlook 2000 users) Being honest, are there any things that OL 2000 does that you cannot do in TB!, that you miss? I moved from Outlook 2002, and I cannot now think of anything that I miss particularly, apart, maybe, from

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Jonathan, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 at 09:32:25[GMT -0600](which was 15:32 where I live) you wrote: Yes you can... it's just unusual how you do it. If you double click on an email in a folder, it appears you have just opened an email... Well that is almost correct. Now click on View - Message

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Geoff Lane
On 14 January 2003, 15:11, Andy Holt wrote: 1. Is it worth it? (OK, I know you're all going to say yes!) --- This very much depends on your priorities. If you need all the bells and whistles that Outlook provides (such as HTML, Outlook Forms, or WordMail), then No. If you need the security of

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Richard, @14-Jan-2003, 16:32 Richard Wakeford [RW] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: RW ... where can you apply global settings instead of having to RW reset each folder that is opened? I have Use the account default column

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Andy, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:11:56 - GMT (14/01/03, 22:11 +0700 GMT), Andy Holt wrote: 1. Is it worth it? (OK, I know you're all going to say yes!) Of course we are. ;-) In addition to what has been said already, let me add the following: The aspect that made me migrate to The Bat

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Marck, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 at 16:44:55[GMT +](which was 16:44 where I live) you wrote: I have Use the account default column settings enabled for all my folders (well, most of them) and have no problem seeing them in that consistent format. Hm, not here, well not everything. Some

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Gerard
ON Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 4:57:45 PM, you wrote: MAU Hello Andy, - I cannot save searches and thus make explorer short cuts to them MAU No, you cant save them in the way you say. But the Message Finder MAU saves the last 9 searches you have done with all conditions (not MAU just the search

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Anne
Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 3:11:56 PM,Andy wrote: AH I've also not been massively impressed with stability / quality. The AH uninstaller doesn't work, for a start, and I've had a few 'crashes' AH (didn't bother recording the details...) Thoughts on this? Andy, I had to pick up on this as

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Richard, @14-Jan-2003, 19:28 Richard Wakeford [RW] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: RW However I still get spurious columns that I don't want and that RW I do not have in the main folders :-( The pop-up folder view is different

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Gerard, Beaten by TB! again, you got to love this baby :) I do :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information:

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Greg Strong
Hello Marck, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, at 16:44:55 GMT + (1/14/2003, 10:44 AM -0500 GMT here), you wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have Use the account default column settings enabled for all my folders (well, most of them) and have no problem seeing them in that

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Marck, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 at 23:13:17[GMT +](which was 23:13 where I live) you wrote: The pop-up folder view is different from the Main window folder view and stores and separate configuration. Just set the columns once and they will be remembered for the pop-up folder too. Well

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Greg, On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 at 18:04:57[GMT -0600](which was 00:04 where I live) you wrote: Can you change the default column settings? If yes, how? Yes I can. I right clicked on the toolbar and selected the columns I wanted. I think I've found out what I was doing wrong. I didn't shut

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Greg, @14-Jan-2003, 18:04 -0600 (00:04 UK time) Greg Strong [GS] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have Use the account default column settings enabled for all my folders (well, most of them) and have no problem seeing them

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Marck, On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 at 00:26:21[GMT +](which was 00:26 where I live) you wrote: Just change any folder that is configured to be one of those using the settings. All other folder similarly set will be affected by the changes. But only when you close the folder in which you

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Dave Gorman
Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 9:57:45 AM, Miguel wrote: - I cannot save searches and thus make explorer short cuts to them But the Message Finder saves the last 9 searches you have done with all conditions (not just the search strings). You can re-use any of them by opening the Message Finder

Re: Should I stay or should I go...?

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Alexander
Hello Andy, Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 3:11:56 PM, you wrote: AH Hello all. AH OK, assuming you've not filtered out my email completely because I'm AH using Outlook 2000 :-), I have a question (or two). I've just found The AH Bat!, test-installed it (latest as of yesterday, 1.62 is it?), and