Hello vitalie, On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:05:09 +0200 GMT (05/03/2007, 11:05 +0700 GMT), vitalie vrabie wrote:
vv> so, to resume: vv> you agree that RSS and News should be implemented as plugins, to please vv> those who want them be one-click-away. Yes. vv> and, at the same time, you *disagree* that content handling be vv> implemented the same architectural way. Maybe I don't understand you or you don't understand me. I can handle the content of my usenet postings very well from within TB. MyGate is just a gateway to NNTP servers, which many believe is not a protocol an email client needs to support. But that wouldn't be a big problem to implement. However, when you are very active in the usenet, you want other features. I mentioned scoring, they will be other features I don't know about. All this architecture can be handled better by a dedicated newsclient. Integrating it into an email client would be wrong IMHO. There is still a lot to be done in TB! as an email client (just look at the bugtracker for bugs and wishes), and it is better if the developers focus on that. Also, I don't need a full-fledged newsclient, so it would be an unnessary overhead for me. As for the HTML editor, a hook to the one existing already on any Windows plattform should be easier than reinventing the wheel, I would think. Creating an HTML mail with an external editor and then attaching it to a blank email will probably work, but it is a workaround with too many steps: o Copy the mail body into the editor o Manipulate it so that quoting levels exist (this is a reply) o Write the replies to the paragraphs o Hit Reply on the incoming message and delete the body o Attach the HTML file Not practicable on a day-to-day basis. If I'm not mistaken, such a message, when received with TB!, will show a blank body and an HTML attachment, and therefore nothing in the preview pane. That would be because the content-type doesn't say HTML, as it is a plaintext message with an attachment. I didn't try this though, but I need the body of the message to be displayed in the preview pane. vv> again. do we discuss an *email* client or what? Yes. And we are discussing how replies to HTML emails in HTML format can be made to look as desired, and that is in my case the way many email clients make it look. I'm referring to sensible formatting (fonts, colours, bullet points) which need to remain unalterated. I'm not referring to sounds and flash animations, or other undesired features which are possible with HTML mails. -- Cheers, Thomas. Ich bin ferner mit meinen Nerven am Ende und habe mit einer schweren Kastritis zu tun. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.95.6 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.98.03 | '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/
