Hello all,
Monday, August 25, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've recently (briefly) tried v2b4 of TB! and find very little
> difference between that and my 1.62r version. Admittedly I am probably
> missing something and risk being flamed, but given that I would have to
> buy v2 (albeit at 50%) to upgrade, what are the most important benefits
> of v2 over v1.62r?
V2.0 has more than 70% of new source code, there are really many of
improvements, only some of them are listed bellow. AFAIK final
version will have fully implemented Unicode, bigger GUI changes and
new filtering system will be in one of next 2.x version, upgrade to
V2 is a good choice :-)
[!] Fully reworked true IMAP support
[!] Completely rewritten preview pane with more sensible options
[!] PGP/MIME support added, so it is now possible to send PGP
signed/encrypted files without hassle
[!] Built-in support for PGP v6-8
[!] Universal interface for handling signed/encrypted messages - no
matter which system (PGP or S/MIME) is used
[*] Completely rewritten template subsystem with possibility to add
macros from plug-ins.
[*] New Preferences dialogue
[*] Windows editor: sticky setting, spell checking, search/replace
[+] Very basic HTML editor
[+] Possibility to add user-defined headers to the preview pane header
or messages
[+] More access options for accounts with user rights.
[+] AntiSpam plug-in interface
[+] Mark as Junk/not Junk commands in the Specials menu
[+] Folder Maintenance Centre
[+] Scheduller
[+] "Specials|Remind later" menu for setting message reminders
[+] Smart Wrap Quoted text option in the editor preferences
[+] Odd/Even quotation are now supported in Plain Text Viewer/Editor
[+] Check Spelling before Send/Queue option in the message editor
and many of new macros, options etc, it is major upgrade! :-)
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Bye
Marek Mikus
Czech support of The Bat!
http://www.thebat.cz
Using the best The Bat! 2.0 Beta/4
under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
AMD ThunderBird 1,2 GHz, 512 MB RAM
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