Hello R�mi, 6. december 2001, 11:30:25, you wrote:
>> Don't a lot of old DOS editors use free caret type interfaces? RP> Who uses DOS these days? Please, that's history! Sometimes I use it, and the only file manager I use runs in a console window (which uneducated refer to as DOS; it also contains a great free-caret editor, BTW). >> True, but the free caret system requires mono-spaced fonts. RP> One more reason for the free caret to go. Ask normal e-mail users out RP> there (i.e. not militant batters) what they would prefer and you'll RP> see. If you wish free-caret to go, use Outlook, Eudora or any other non-free-caret mailers out there. RP> First, who needs tables in an e-mail? I do, pretty often. RP> Second, if you really need to create a table (once in a blue moon) RP> you can use the spacebar. Why should I use space, when I can use smart tabbing? RP> Third, you can be almost certain that a table created with TB will RP> look awful to the recipient since 90% of all e-mail users have RP> e-mail clients that use proportional fonts. That was my point and RP> you have no answer to that. Most of the people I (privately) communicate with use non-proportional fonts in their mailers (even those that use Outlook). For those which don't, I simply don't send them nicely formatted e-mails. RP> The point is that if you turn off the auto-format feature you have to RP> hit Alt-L all the time to reformat manually. Try Eudora's editor and RP> you'll see how well the autoformat feature is implemented. That should RP> be a lesson for TB's programmers. Again, why don't you use Eudora then? RP> The only differences I see between 1.53d and the 1.54 series are RP> giimmicks and obscure features and shortcuts that no-one needs in real RP> life. You mean the new filtering system (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T), account-free folders, RTF viewer...? RP> TB's editor is the only one of its kind. Can it be that TB is RP> right and all the others wrong? Highly unlikely. TB's editor was the major reason I decided to buy The Bat. I won't say that TB is right, neither will I say that others are wrong, it's just that everybody has different tastes. -- Jernej Simoncic, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/ ICQ: 26266467 [The Bat! v1.54 Beta/15 on Windows 98 4.10.67766222. ] If nobody uses it, there's a reason. -- Rule of Reason -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
