On 2001-04-16 at 2:21 pm Rob wrote:
> The icons at the top seem to be too small especially the icon with the
> arrow next to them. Mabey could have an option to have larger toolbar
> icons or a choice from different ones. Also other program icons & drop
> boxes seem very tiny too. When you create a new email most email
> programs you just have to click on the TO: or CC: etc icons to bring
> up the address book but yours is a tiny tiny icon way over the other
> side. Never seen any email program with it so far out of the way.
Seconded. Another problem is that, even when the toolbars are arranged
down the sides of the screen, the icons are difficult to "hit" because
their clickable area doesn't stretch right to the edge of the screen.
This is a well-known problem:
http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html
(The whole 'toolbar and icon' part of the program is probably the most
old-fashioned part of The Bat!, being highly inflexible; in the end I
learnt the key shortcuts, such as F8 for bringing up the address
book).
> Another is having to open up my accounts on the list to see my
> incomming mail. I've set up 7 accounts and when all are open I have to
> scroll up & down the list to see Inbox, outbox etc. It would be nice
> if the name of the account was the inbox so you only needed to open it
> if you wanted to see other folders inside, therefore having the take
> up little screen space. You could then have 10 or more mailboxes with
> 1 or 2 open and still not need to scroll. I am currently using Poco
> mail and have been looking for something a bit better to handle HTML.
> Your program is looking great.
> If you have a chance checkout Incredimail. It's not that great an
> email program but it sure has a great interface & icons.
The first point is rather nicely tackled by AK-Mail* which allows
folders to be created which aren't attached to a particular account.
So you could do things like filtering all incoming mail from the 7
accounts into one 'Universal Inbox' folder at the root level and take
it from there. Such floating folders would be a worthwhile addition to
The Bat! IMO.
As for Incredimail - a triumph of form over function!
That said, it does strike at the weak point of The Bat! which is its
lack of flexibility; it's often noted that WinZip has a user interface
designed by programmers and I think that criticism has some validity
here.
> Also these lists are so unfriendly. What about a normal forum?
I learned that lesson in the dark ages when the United Kingdom had
metered telephone rates for Internet connectivity :) Forums are all
very well when you're not paying by the minute to read them; the
geographical diversity of the participants is fantastic and I'd say a
fair proportion *are* paying by the minute so would prefer to have
something which can be handled offline if necessary.
Alastair
* my previous email package - http://www.akmail.com/
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