Comments on: Dreaming of a smarter Mail.app in Leopard

By: PipSqueak

PipSqueak — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:24:57 +0000

I totally agree. I have been searching for apps with integration for ages especially as Filemaker Pro and Apple AddressBook do not collaborate easily.

I recently across CRM4Mac (www.crm4mac.com) which pulls data from each individual Apple application: iCal, Address Book, Mail - very well, while leaving each app to work independently. BUT… I would love to see Zimbra style connections underpinning the Mac OS. Something like the ability to view links using an Apple “Dictionary” style control-click would do nicely to begin with. Don’t you think?

More connections and musings at http://www.applepipsqueak.blogspot.com

By: rwahrens

rwahrens — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:44:48 +0000

Oh, and by the way, yes there IS a Mail.app. That is the real name in the Finder, if you tell Finder to Show Extensions. Then you’ll see ‘em.

So STFU until you know what you’re talking about!

By: rwahrens

rwahrens — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:41:11 +0000

Jared:

Calm down, man. It’s not worth getting your blood pressure up, nor your panties in a twist.

The man answered your criticism with good reasons why he does what he does. Live with it, or don’t come back to his blog.

Personally, I just use Mail, since folks I talk to know what I’m talking about. Your mileage may vary.

That’s what I like about the American version of the English language. You can pretty much maul it however you like, and there’s no language police to come smack ya down!

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:01:29 +0000

“Jared, Check the archives as to why it is called Mail.app on this site (and others):”

That is ZERO excuse for calling an application by an INCORRECT name. If you want to differeniate the application from generaic “mail” then use the name APPLE MAIL. There is not an iChat.app, Safari.app or even Finder.app. There is also NO Mail.app. Please start speaking intelligently about your computer system and Apple Mail.

By: Dan Warne

Dan Warne — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:05:56 +0000

It’s funny, I have absolutely no problem at all with the lozenge buttons in Mail. Nor do I have a problem with the different interface styles used in the various Apple programs. I’m a pragmatist — I reckon if it works better and won’t create confusion, do it. On the whole the apps all work pretty much the same interface-wise.

I must say the one interface change that does REALLY annoy me is the maximise/restore button in iTunes that switches between the regular window and the mini player. That’s just utter blasphemy — they’ve taken one of the most basic elements of the OS interface and made it unpredictable. And when you actually DO want to maximise iTunes, how do you do it?

By: The Plaid Cow

The Plaid Cow — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:09:45 +0000

Jared, Check the archives as to why it is called Mail.app on this site (and others):

http://hawkwings.net/2006/10/19/why-do-people-call-it-mailapp/

By: SteveP

SteveP — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:49:25 +0000

And unrecognized spam says
“Grow your manhood to 8″ in 24 hours”
and now my calendar the next day asks if my manhood has grown??
And another has a young girl saying
“Meet me tonight for free.”
and now my address book has her name and e-mail address automatically added!
And my wife…?
left when she saw these entries.

ummm, let’s not worry about these “intelligent” features for a while. Of course making it a bit easier to add these types of connections ourselves would be a good thing.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:14:47 +0000

Jesus people…there is no such application as Mail.app…it’s called MAIL or APPLE MAIL. Please start speaking with some common sense. This is NOT NeXT and there is no .app in the program’s name. Welcome to 2006