Hello. I've been using The Bat! for about a week. I've noticed a number of anomalies (on my system, at least). They are listed in no particular order. Can you reproduce them?
1. Nicked nicknames AB entry nicknames don't always autocomplete to the saved entry and Ctrl+ doesn't always work. Despite repeated attempts, I have been unable to figure out why. I've found that if Ctrl+ doesn't work at first, *sometimes* it will start working after pressing the down arrow (or the up arrow) and then returning to the field. Can anyone figure out what needs to happen for a nickname to work the first time, every time? 2. Hidden addresses... not Addresses in AB groups that have the option "Hide items if not explicitly selected" checked will still be displayed in the AB when the AB icon to the right of the To: field in the message editor is pressed. The entries will stay hidden if the group is moved to another address book. 3. Editable header fields... not? The message editor's editable header fields are not displayed as editable. Editable fields are typically displayed differently from non-editable fields. TB! does not distinguish between the two, which is extremely confusing and very easy to change. 4. Browser append appendage Filter, Actions tab, check "Export message to file", select "Append to existing file", press Browse, find the directory, add a new file name. This results in an error if the file doesn't already exist. If the browser is not used and the file name is simply added to the field, no error occurs. Since append creates a file if none exists, the Browse button should permit navigation to the desired directory and accept any filename. 5. Two mailtos TB! adds the command string: HKCR\mailto\shell\open\command\"D:\Internet\The Bat!\thebat.exe" %1 when TB! is set to be the default mail client. On my system, this results in *two* message windows if TB! is not running and a mailto link is clicked. Only a single message window is created if TB! is already running. I don't think the "%1" parameter is needed. A better command string might be: HKCR\mailto\shell\open\command\"D:\Internet\The Bat!\thebat.exe"/nologo This works correctly on my system with mailto links whether or not TB! is running. 6. Leaving the last attachment If a message contains several attachments and they are deleted by pressing the Del key, the last attachment can't be deleted. The message must first be moved to another folder. 7. Getting to the bottom of the AB name display When the cursor is held over an AB name, the e-mail addresses display in a drop-down window. If the list of e-mail addresses extends beyond the bottom of the computer screen, the addresses flash repeatedly. 8. Underspec of the overlap There is no option to scroll a message with the space key or PgDn with single- or multi-line overlap. A single line of overlap helps retain context while reading. This is so commonly employed by programs that I consider this to be an anomaly rather than an enhancement. 9. Just a pretty title Note the number of messages in a folder. Double-click a message in that folder with an attachment for viewing. Delete the attachment in the viewer, then delete the message by clicking on the viewer trash can icon. The message title will remain displayed in the folder's right pane, but the folder shows 1 less message in the left pane's total. 10. Auto-saving save save save Set up an account to store attachments in a separate directory: Properties, Files & directories, File attachments are stored:, (choose) Separate from messages in special directory, Directory: (select a directory for the attachments). Set up auto-save for the message editor: Options, Editor Preferences, Auto-save every: 20 sec. Start a new message and attach a file, filename.ext, by clicking on the "Attach a file" icon. Type some text in the message body. Wait 20 seconds. Type some more text. The attached files directory will contain two copies of the attachments, filename1.txt and filename2.ext. If the message is edited over a period of 20 minutes, there will be *many* copies of the file. If the message is cancelled by pressing the "Cancel the message" icon, you will be prompted with, "This message was automatically saved. Would you like to keep the saved copy?" Press "No". The message will not be saved, but all the copies of the attachment will remain in the attachments directory. 11. Save message, lose data Open a message and click on "Save as..." and select a filename.ext that exists already. There will be two successive dialog boxes. The first will ask if the message should be overwritten. The default is YES, which destroys data. If NO is selected, the second dialog box will ask if the message should be appended. The default here is YES. Only a single dialog box is really necessary: "The file "filename.ext" already exists. Do you want to append or overwrite this file?" Append (default) Overwrite Cancel. The default choice should _always_ be to preserve rather than destroy data. Thus, the default response to the first dialog box should be "NO" rather than "YES". I submitted a suggestion to the TB! developers about this, but I've already lost data due to accepting the default choice, so I now consider this to be an anomaly rather than an enhancement. 12. Favourites list unfavoured BCC If both the Account New message template _and_ the AB entry New message template contain BCC macros and a new message is created using the Favourites drop-down list, the AB BCC macro is ignored. If _only_ the Account New message template contains a BCC macro (the AB entry New message template is empty) and a new message is created using the Favourites drop-down list, the Account BCC macro is ignored. This has already been reported to the TB! developers as a bug. I'll update this list as I find new items. If an item is confirmed elsewhere, I'll submit a bug report. If the item is incorrectly listed, I'll remove it. All comments are welcome. regards, Andy P.S.: I'm on the digest, so any reply I make to a message will *not* be threaded correctly in TB! but *will* be threaded correctly in the web archive. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. [Using The Bat! 1.53t under Windows 2000 Pro SP2 on a "made from scratch" PIII-500 MHz/384 MB RAM] -- ________________________________________________________ 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
