Mmmm, Thunderbird
Posted April 23rd, 2004 @ 09:38am by Erik J. Barzeski
This post on Thunderbird's icons led me to this screenshot which led me to wonder whether I needed to buy Entourage 2004 (probably as part of the student/teacher edition).
I downloaded the latest version and gave it a try. It lasted all of five minutes. I won't go into the details, but suffice to say I'm not comfortable with it. I'm not comfortable with the fact that, even though I chose to create three POP accounts, Thunderbird insisted on creating separate folder structures for both, and then moved the Inbox for each to the bottom of the lists! Weird. Plus, I found no activity viewer window.
It looks nice, though. Even if it doesn't quite act like a Mac app. But it looks nice. See how seductive a nice appearance can be?
Apparently I treat software like women: seduced by a sophisticated appearance but quick to dismiss as not meeting my standards. Heh.
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Posted 23 Apr 2004 at 10:58am #
Thunderbird on XP = great. Thunderbird on the Mac = not so great. The problem with the Mac app is definitely that it feels like a Windows app with some pretty icons slapped onto it.
I am sure all the linux/windows switchers will love it though.
Posted 25 Apr 2004 at 4:49pm #
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