Hello Nick! On Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 12:15:28 PM you wrote:
>>> Time only dictates what is possible now. And time is not standing still. DH>> I can see all your other points, disagree but won't drag it out DH>> because it's a matter of taste. Only want to say something about the DH>> sentence on "time": DH>> My point was that time has nothing to say when it comes to DH>> systematics. For instance, truth does - contrary to popular believe - DH>> *not* change over time. And then there are those things that may just DH>> prove "right" over time; what once worked may still be good now. I agree one hundred per cent with Dierk on this and on his other points in this discussion. ND> Oh well, it seems that my fears about were this thread would go were ND> well founded ;-) And what were those? ND> And completely ignoring (sorry) Dierk's attempt to put this to bed: ND> I accept that none of TB!'s powerful features have gone away, but I ND> share some people's view that the *energy* seems to have gone out of ND> the development, or it's gone off target. I see enormous energy still being expended, and quite productively, as I read tbbeta. And that is both by the developers and by the beta testers. ND> I can't remember the last time the that I went "wow!" over a new TB! ND> feature. I'm not saying that I'm even close to being ready to dump ND> TB!, but I'm increasingly finding features in other applications that ND> make me think "gee - I'd like to have that". Bloomba is a case in ND> point; as a product it's way too green, but the *ideas* that it ND> demonstrates are terrific and would enhance my e-mail experience ND> greatly. I went "Wow!" over the capability to see the sender's picture in the headers. This has all sorts of possibilities for business as well as personal use. Wow! As the new filter system for the Sorting Office begins to come together and be functional and less buggy every day. Wow! As IMAP seems to be getting useable. These are the two main focuses of the current beta series. And to tell the truth, when I had v. 1.62, I didn't see how The Bat! could get any better. But it has. ND> Finally, given that Ritlabs probably has more clients than the 20 or ND> so protagonists acitve in these groups, I suspect that no-one else ND> really cares. Perhaps they don't even scratch the surface of TB's ND> features and simply chose it on recommendation from a PC mag or ND> similar in an effort to free themselves from M$? I can speak only for myself. The Bat! was recommended to me as a safer e-mail client by someone on the Rootsweb mailing lists. I've never been sorry for getting it, although initially learning how to use it was a little tough, since I didn't know much about using a computer generally when I first downloaded The Bat!. All the other features came to me as excellent bonuses, and now I would be very reluctant to do without them. ND> It would be interesting to see how the other groups respond to this ND> thread, but I'm too drained by this one at the moment... It would be better if those writing here could take the time to read tbbeta. The Bat! v. 2.12.00 is really great and quite functional for many, many people, including me. The next full release is going to be even better. One has only to read tbbeta to draw that conclusion. -- Mary The Bat 2.12.00 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
