(I'm not sure which list would be most appropriate, so I'm sending 
this post to TBUDL.  If it should go on a different one, the mods 
should please lemme know.)

Would the developers or the contributors who are close to them 
please offer a few words on TB!'s direction?  There's no published 
roadmap, and the type of features that have been added lately give 
no suggestion--at least to me--of what this program is trying to 
be.  Quite apart from the usual differences about bug priorities, 
there are basic functions that are not implemented correctly, such 
as MAPI and IMAP [hmm.. maybe it's just features with those 
letters].  I don't have an objection in principle to the smileys, 
Smart Bat, scheduler, and chat, but it would be nice to know the 
big picture that TB! is aiming for.  The scheduler, for example, 
is no match for actual calendaring programs, and as I mentioned 
the MAPI implementation is lacking, so presumably TB! isn't aiming 
to be the calendar/mail function of programs like SO/OOo or 
CorelSuite.  So who is the audience; what is the program's future?  

-- 
JN


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