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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:56:05 +0000, Manfred Ell contributed this to the
collective wisdom of the human race:
ME> I've said it before and I say it again. TheBat is IMHO the best and
ME> most powerful email client out there. (It lacks some common features
ME> like HTML, no flames please).
TB!'s editor doesn't support composing HTML mail (I personally don't see
why it couldn't or shouldn't). Otherwise, TB! does have HTML support. It
has its own internal viewer. :=) The internal viewer will not retrieve
images or other web-page components which are embedded in documents as
links. This is a favourable setup for security reasons. Security that
isn't appreciated until one gets bitten, I hasten to add. :=)
Some may also complain that TB!'s internal viewer will not display
certain HTML documents as they should. Well, although the W3C (World
Wide Web Consortium) exists to try to maintain standards in the various
markup languages, deviations from what is standard still very much
exist, and many pages continue to display differently even between the
major browsers. If the HTML document doesn't display correctly with
TB!'s internal viewer, then double click the HTML attachment and it
will be displayed in your favourite browser.
I know it's inconvenient for some, but the security benefits behind such
an implementation isn't really appreciated until one is bitten before
using TB!, or when one is not bitten using TB! while everyone else
around them is being bitten when using Outlook( Express)?.
I guess it's all up for debate and God knows, this topic has had its
fair share of debating. Everyone knows the 'benefits' of HTML support as
you see it. My aim here is to simply summarize, for the newcomers around
here, how those of us who prefer TB!'s type of support feel. :=)
One cannot really expect TB! to be the end all and be all of solutions
for every user but I do hope that they continue to uphold a model of
secure e-mail management that is rapidly becoming unpopular, it would
seem. :=/
None of what I said so far is officially from Ritlabs or its developers,
so we don't know how development will proceed in this regard. It will
certainly depend on the target customer base and what they want.
ME> But to learn it with the info provided is quite impossible. This
ME> group is great but one cannot expect the "normal" (business)user to
ME> join this group to get the program working the way he likes it (or
ME> better is used to from the client he's coming from). The help files
ME> are outdated and a lot of stuff is missing.
I agree here.
ME> Cannot somebody take the online information, convert it to a online
ME> HTML-help file or PDF document, let them put an option in the help menu
ME> for this and include the lot in the distribution file. Shouldn't be
ME> difficult and would help a lot.
Do you know how to do this? I do prefer the new HTML based Windows help
system myself. I think it would take quite a bit of time and effort to do
this conversion. Then the burning question arises. Why convert it when
it lacks so much information? I certainly wouldn't want to merely
convert it. I would wish to add to it which is what we do through the
FAQ pages completely written and maintained by users as yourself.
ME> What do you think? Marck, Curtis, Stefan....
:=) I see that you put Marck and I in the same line as Stefan. Marck and
I are TB! users just like you. We bought our licenses just as you did.
TBUDL and TBBETA were started by a TB! user just as yourself. We have no
special influence, as far as I can see, over what Ritlabs does with
respect to TB!.
On-line documentation lies smuggly in the hands of Ritlabs as it should.
I hope that they're reading you on this issue because it's a personal
pet peeve of mine. :=)
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