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Re: Address Book in Eudora
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Re: Address Book in Eudora


  • Subject: Re: Address Book in Eudora
  • From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:52:20 -0400

On 08/21/2002 19:48, "Mark J. Lilback" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> I especially love the ..."and many more secret..." part" Luckily, other
>> email apps decided to place their power in the UI, not in idiotic hidden
>> settings that are a sign of rather rampant insecurity.
>
> I love the way Eudora does this and wish other applications would.
> Most apps are too oriented towards the newbie and against the Power
> User. Eudora has more power in it than any other program and that's
> why I've never switched to any other program (and I've tried all that
> support IMAP for at least a few weeks).

Then why not make them *obivous*? Supersecret codes, especially ones that
say "DON'T TOUCH" are *dumb*. There is no loss of power by making these
features easily and obviously accessable.

>
> Every application should have every possible setting customizable
> like Eudora does -- I make it a point to do so in my applications.
> Most users will never need them and they would clutter up the
> interface. But exposing them to the power user is a wonderful thing.

Then why not have a setting that is called "Power User Settings" and place
them in there? What's the reason for not clearly placing them in the
dictionary.

>
> As to the dictionary, yeah, it leaves a lot to be desired. It's been
> the standard example to a developer of a bad scripting dictionary for
> as long as I can remember.

Which is of course, my point.

john

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