On Wednesday, August 03, 2005 at 10:28:08 AM [GMT -0500], Mary Bull wrote: > And then doing all the tweaking that I've been reading about on > TBBETA?
For basic up and running, the adjustments aren't that great. It's not that scary you know. :) If TB! IMAP will be a problem, this is quickly evident. Reasonable TB! IMAP isn't something discovered through heavy tinkering. > In my opinion, the new GUI in v.3.5.xx was almost as steep a learning > curve, moving from the previous betas, as was the the jump from > OE/Eudora Pro 4.0 for me in the fall of 2002. Again, that depends. If you upgrade to the new GUI, everything seems the same. You don't need to customise the GUI. The learning curve starts when you go into customising, a feature that was previously not available anyway. > I'm just trying to get my brain around what Avi must be facing in > dealing with that interface, moving from v. 1.62r to 3.51.10 and still > trying to get some work done and not lose any e-mails. In his situation, a little time invested in learning IMAP could save a lot of repetitive actions and tinkering. Of course, inefficiency is a snake. It's so easy to fall into it and not appreciate its existence. it's not until you're working more efficiently, you appreciate the time being saved. While using ThunderBird, I had asked for the ability to bind identities to folders. One person asked what's so hard about manually picking the identity when composing. You see, he hasn't yet experienced the elegance of auto-insertion of the correct identity. > As we write, there's a post on TBBETA from an IMAP TB! user who says > mails have disappeared. I've read such testimonies from POP users. So, what will you say then? OK, I'll say it. Losing mail is a rare complaint of TB! IMAP users. They may complain about not being able to delete, having stuck queues etc. However complaints of losing mail is highly unusual and hardly not a reason to be getting excited or concerned about an IMAP transition. Then again, I'm one who believes in protocol choice first, then pick the client. Not the other way around. -- -= Curtis =- The Bat! v3.51.10 System Specs: http://specs.aimlink.name -=-=- Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle buttons ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
