Hello Jason,
Monday, January 10, 2000, 6:25:00 PM, you wrote:
JT> Hello Steve and Bat Buddies,
>> I don't want to see RITLABS spend time competing with Opera Software
>> when they still have a LOT of work to do on TB!. I don't want to see
>> Opera Software compete with RITLABS, either.
JT> I agree with you concerning the web browser RITLabs is planning. There
JT> are three very good browsers out there, NS, IE, and Opera, (granted they
JT> all have their ups and downs) and I think the only way RIT can come
JT> close to competing with them is to devote 100% of their resources to it.
JT> That would mean abandoning TB, and nobody wants that.
JT> Usenet, on the other hand...Well, I know none of the technical aspects
JT> of Usenet, but I've seen that MS Outlook smoothly integrates news and
JT> mail into one client. I've always liked Outlook for that, although
JT> that's the only thing. :) So, it seems to me that usenet shouldn't be
JT> too much to add to TB. And if TB v2.0 has usenet in plugin form, then of
JT> course you can just unload the plugin if you wish!
>> I would have agreed with you but I'm just not seeing evidence of it
>> and the "ideology" hinted to in the same paragraph as an added
>> newsreader in an email client most certainly does not point in that
>> direction.
JT> Let's not assume to know what they meant without any specifics. A quote
JT> comes to mind, but I can't supply a source: "From quick assumptions we
JT> draw absurd conclusions." :)
>> If TB! 2.x turns out unusable I will have no reason to keep with V1.x
>> because...
>>
>> 1: It will no longer have active development.
>> 2: It will still have a broken IMAP implementation.
JT> Well, you're right on that point. I can see how you would be concerned.
JT> Let's just hope that TB v2.0 meets everyone's standards, preferably
JT> exceed them.
Another reinvention of the wheel! Lots of development time put into
browsers that can be called from TB but not integrated pleeze! That
would be tantamount to BlubberWare!
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Thanks,
John
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