Comments on: Will Leopard Mail kill MailTags? http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: George http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24515 George Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:18:03 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24515 Whitney McBee makes the claim.... "It will really p:ss-me-off if they “Watson”ize MailTags. Sherlock was never as good as Watson, and Apple ran a great developer away from the platform." Get the story right. First came Sherlock. Watson was an extension of the Sherlock notion and it's creator was not driven from the Mac platform. Watson was bought by Sun (and wilted in that environment) while Dan went on to create another piece of software call Sandvox Check out his blog at http://gigliwood.com/weblog/ Apple can screw many things up, but please quit this urban legend *rap about Watson. Next you'll talk hooey about Widgets and Konfabulator... with that developer being driven off the Mac platform and finding respect on the dark-side. Err what MS is now doing "Gadgets" Will he move to Ubuntu next? Whitney McBee makes the claim….
“It will really p:ss-me-off if they “Watson”ize MailTags. Sherlock was never as good as Watson, and Apple ran a great developer away from the platform.”

Get the story right. First came Sherlock. Watson was an extension of the Sherlock notion and it’s creator was not driven from the Mac platform. Watson was bought by Sun (and wilted in that environment) while Dan went on to create another piece of software call Sandvox

Check out his blog at http://gigliwood.com/weblog/

Apple can screw many things up, but please quit this urban legend *rap about Watson.

Next you’ll talk hooey about Widgets and Konfabulator… with that developer being driven off the Mac platform and finding respect on the dark-side. Err what MS is now doing “Gadgets” Will he move to Ubuntu next?

]]> By: Travis Bell http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24479 Travis Bell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:03:20 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24479 Here-here Scott. It's totally a fine balance of cost vs. quantity of members. Glad to see one dev who respects the rules Apple has put in place, and for a good reason too. Here-here Scott. It’s totally a fine balance of cost vs. quantity of members.

Glad to see one dev who respects the rules Apple has put in place, and for a good reason too.

]]> By: Scott Morrison http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24468 Scott Morrison Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:55:24 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24468 Actually I hope there is a lot more developers like me around-- my fear is that if Apple perceives the $500 is too low a barrier to keep out people that want to access to prerelease software so that can torrent it, they would raise the membership. That may keep out a few more "spectators" but could hurt new developers (ie those without a product/source of revenue yet) It took a while for me to justify the money but I don't regret it. Actually I hope there is a lot more developers like me around– my fear is that if Apple perceives the $500 is too low a barrier to keep out people that want to access to prerelease software so that can torrent it, they would raise the membership.

That may keep out a few more “spectators” but could hurt new developers (ie those without a product/source of revenue yet) It took a while for me to justify the money but I don’t regret it.

]]> By: Travis Bell http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24466 Travis Bell Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:50:12 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24466 Scott, > Just mind the NDA — Being a developer has its reponsibilities :) I hear ya. if only more developers thought that way... *cough* as I look at all the versions available for download online *cough* Ah well, it's good to have developers like you around. Scott,

> Just mind the NDA — Being a developer has its reponsibilities :)

I hear ya. if only more developers thought that way… *cough* as I look at all the versions available for download online *cough*

Ah well, it’s good to have developers like you around.

]]> By: Scott Morrison http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24464 Scott Morrison Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:33:23 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24464 Gee that is only slight more than 1$/10 MB (less if you get the documentation!) Becoming a select member is a great deal once you add in the fact you get the releases before and up to the gold master of Leopard (worth $129 or more), hardware discounts (can be worth several hundred dollars) even an ipod discount is substantial (considering there is no educ ipod discount any more) The price for membership pays it self back pretty quickly. Just mind the NDA -- Being a developer has its reponsibilities :) Gee that is only slight more than 1$/10 MB (less if you get the documentation!)

Becoming a select member is a great deal once you add in the fact you get the releases before and up to the gold master of Leopard (worth $129 or more), hardware discounts (can be worth several hundred dollars) even an ipod discount is substantial (considering there is no educ ipod discount any more) The price for membership pays it self back pretty quickly.

Just mind the NDA — Being a developer has its reponsibilities :)

]]> By: Gerald Buckley http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24461 Gerald Buckley Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:57:45 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24461 Leopard is now available as a download to ADC Select members of Apple's Developer program and above (sorry no student member downloads). So, for $500 (far less than the cost to attend WWDC) you too can see this thing play out... Mine's downloading in the background and weighs in at a 4.33 Gb image (not including the 493 Mb of documentation). Leopard is now available as a download to ADC Select members of Apple’s Developer program and above (sorry no student member downloads).

So, for $500 (far less than the cost to attend WWDC) you too can see this thing play out… Mine’s downloading in the background and weighs in at a 4.33 Gb image (not including the 493 Mb of documentation).

]]> By: Tim http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24451 Tim Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:11:54 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24451 I'd go to the <a href="http://indev.ca/forum/" rel="nofollow">MailTags forums</a> <img src="http://www.hawkwings.net/images/extlink.jpg"/> and ask there, although you might find people using the pre-relrease version reluctant to talk too much about their experience. I’d go to the MailTags forums and ask there, although you might find people using the pre-relrease version reluctant to talk too much about their experience.

]]> By: mandaris http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24422 mandaris Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:59:22 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24422 Has anyone tried using mailtags with the new mail? I also heard that the developer pre-release of mail 3.0 does not have keyboard short cuts. Anybody know here or should I go to the mailtags forum? Has anyone tried using mailtags with the new mail? I also heard that the developer pre-release of mail 3.0 does not have keyboard short cuts. Anybody know here or should I go to the mailtags forum?

]]> By: Travis Bell http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24415 Travis Bell Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24415 Yeah, MailTags is how do you say... wicked. I am not all that worried about Mail in Leopard taking over the job MailTags does for me. I think it will actually be a very nice add-on to Mail 3.0, complete the circle ya know? Yeah, MailTags is how do you say… wicked.

I am not all that worried about Mail in Leopard taking over the job MailTags does for me. I think it will actually be a very nice add-on to Mail 3.0, complete the circle ya know?

]]> By: Whitney McBee http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24412 Whitney McBee Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:59:01 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/19/will-leopard-mail-kill-mailtags/#comment-24412 Long Live MailTags! Scott is a true inovatorLong Live MailTags! Scott is a true innovator. Although I really like the Mac, it's been a long time since Apple has developed a tool as well suited and useful as MailTags. It will really p:ss-me-off if they "Watson"ize MailTags. Sherlock was never as good as Watson, and Apple ran a great developer away from the platform. I like Apple, but it is not without its warts. -Long time Mail.app user Long Live MailTags! Scott is a true inovatorLong Live MailTags! Scott is a true innovator. Although I really like the Mac, it’s been a long time since Apple has developed a tool as well suited and useful as MailTags. It will really p:ss-me-off if they “Watson”ize MailTags. Sherlock was never as good as Watson, and Apple ran a great developer away from the platform. I like Apple, but it is not without its warts.

-Long time Mail.app user

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