Hello everyone, I don't know how to start exactly. Looking at the way HTML is handled now in replies, I see there's a difference between the way TB operates now and what people expect.
What I completely miss is Ritlabs actually ASKING the community here and on TBUDL just *how* this should work. I mean, after all, we're the users, and we should know :) how we want this. But instead, suddenly something is implemented in a way that nobody knew, and now its "there you have it, deal with it." See mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on TBUDL, for example. This leads us to the old "roadmap" discussion again, and it shows a clear lack of detail in what was posted as "roadmap" a while ago here by the developers. For example, in which direction will HTML support go? What we really need is not a rather "workaroundish" looking "solution" to the old HTML reply and forward problem. TB already has an ok WYSIWYG editor for HTML. - HTML support should include the template system. This would avoid ALL kind of troubles that people who really need to deal with HTML email have to deal with, now. - the complete template system should be splitted into two tabs for each configuration dialogue, one tab "Plain" and one tab "HTML". - a simple (and configurable!) logic that falls back to the plain text template (when the message is HTML but there is no HTML reply/forward template) should be implemented. These are just my ideas. I'm not a developers and I don't know about the problems that may surface when implementing these. BUT!!! The least I'd expect would be some kind of discussion with the community. A simple question like "would you like quotemarks with blue background as a hard-coded default for replies to HTML messages?" would have lead to a (maybe fierce) discussion with the community, and I'm sure some really good ideas would have come up... I for one would want a reply/forward to/of an HTML message happen "the Outlook way" - yes, with all the negative points like top posting and full quotes, and not like the current (even though better than nothing) attempt to apply a typical plain-text reply-template to HTML messages. But thats just me, and others may actually like the current implementation. The point is: we don't have a choice. So please, Ritlabs: involving the user community of a program into feature planning and discussion is not a bad idea. Feedback appreciated. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book. -- Groucho Marx ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.61.12 (Echo) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
