On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:02:54 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
[..snip..]
>> Please explain why the hell do you insist on calling "harmful" the (little)
>> feature I've explained in my previous mail message, which explanation you've
>> deliberately cut out?
> Because it requires a paradigm shift in the whole program and is not that
> little.
Hmmmm.
Options:
a) Add new email address to existing account.
b) Create new Account
How is adding the a) option to go along with the already existing
b) option a paradigm shift? :)
Interestingly, Calypso implements their accounting system in this
fashion, although separate accounts are managed in separate windows. All
clients that I know which have this capability except for PMMail and TB!
insist on managing entirely different accounts in different
instances/windows or otherwise offer multiple personalities and multiple
e-mail addresses per account support instead.
> Problem is between chair and keyboard, FIX IT THERE.
<chuckle> Good old Steve. :))))
> I have read it, I do understand it. Common sense. Send the mail to
> the right account. If you must, merge it elsewhere. DO NOT FORCE THE
> MERGING ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE SOFTWARE BASED ON YOUR OWN
> SELF-CREATED PROBLEMS.
... And here lies the underlying theme behind many of Steve's
arguments and I'm beginning to agree with you, Steve, in principle.
However, sometimes, things get too cut and dry and the application becomes
tedious to use.
There must be an optimum balance between user facilitation,
keeping in mind that users do things differently, code quantity, and
trying to make the various provided tools not too specialized to
facilitate a particular need.
The Bat! offers excellent support as is for multiple accounts.
A multiple personality type setup may be created by the user with the use
of filters quite easily when I think about it, especially since mail may
be filtered across accounts. The support seems to already be there.
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