Regarding Leopard’s Downloads folder: I dumped that immediately. I think it was a good thing for beginner who didn’t know they could create a folder in their Docs and point all applications to save downloads there (and then put a shortcut of it in the Dock). I further went and placed a separate “Mail Downloads” folder in my Downloads folder, simply to keep the clutter to a minimum and remember where things live.

I’m a just new convert from Entourage, and my list of Mail/Address Book irks is long. I won’t derail the thread, but I’ll just mention one:

1. Checking If They’re Already In Address Book. If I get an email from someone, I like to know if they’re already in my Address Book. In Entourage, you’d right-click, select “Add to Address Book” and if they were already in there, a window would pop up, saying, this already exists, would you like to add to it, or just open the contact. In Mail, there’s no such checking, so clicking on “Add to Address Book” can end up duplicating and triplicating what’s already there.

Oddly enough, sometimes a right-click on someone’s email address, who is already in ones Address Book, will bring up an “Open in Address Book” which is a very handy feature. However, it’s extremely inconsistent. My own brother’s emails don’t work like that. But odd companies, whom I rarely get email from, will show it.

If only Mail.app had built-in and customisable Growl notifications…

I had absolutely no confusion when a single click downloaded the items to my Downloads folder. Nor was I confused by the little down-pointing arrow on the button indicating an extended click would display a menu with more options.