Apple

> Mail, iCal and Address Book are maddeningly > inconsistent even though they're theoretically supposed to work together. > I flat out never liked Mail, even though I use it all the time. I just > don't think the iTunes interaction/organizational approach works very well > for e-mail.
> > <snip!> > > I will say that Apple slam dunked all three on the iPad. Those interfaces > are amazing.

Of course, the rumor is that the version of Mail and iCal that we see with the next major iteration of the Mac OS will sport a similar interface to that of the iPad.

I guess only time will tell!

Joe

From: "Blackmon Jerry (Contractor)" <email@hidden>
To: "Fed Talk" <email@hidden>
Date: 10/18/2010 10:55
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Outlook vs. Mail, iCal, and Address Book
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I can see how that would be a problem, but I look at it from a training perspective. It is MUCH easier to teach someone how to use one program with one *gasp* well designed interface than try to have them learn three very different interfaces. Mail, iCal and Address Book are maddeningly inconsistent even though they're theoretically supposed to work together. I flat out never liked Mail, even though I use it all the time. I just don't think the iTunes interaction/organizational approach works very well for e-mail. Though it pains me to give them any credit, Microsoft has got this one right. Outlook would have saved me months of frustration when I was working at a non-profit with offices spread across the country trying to teach the employees how to transition to web-based collaborative services from doing everything in Entourage with its obligatory 400GB unstable database files. Can't tell you how much political capital I burned when I forced everyone to switch from POP to IMAP for their own benefit. They couldn't fathom why I was doing that until they got the iPhone religion. Lots of lessons were learned from that war haha. I will say that Apple slam dunked all three on the iPad. Those interfaces are amazing. --- Jerry Blackmon <email@hidden> Senior Systems Administrator Office of Information Technology Operations Bureau of Engraving and Printing Department of Treasury "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sails." -- William Arthur Ward On 10/18/10 10:38 AM, "Joel Esler" <email@hidden> wrote: >Now, see thwarts interesting Jerry, I guess it's all in what you like. I >like the fact that Mac has their apps segregated into their single tasks. >I've always hated how outlook tried to cram everything into one program. > >I don't want my mail program to be my calendar program. If I just want to >look at the calendar, I was to launch iCal without the bloat of trying to >get my current emails down from the server wt the same time. > >-- >Sent from my iPad > >On Oct 18, 2010, at 10:13 AM, "Blackmon Jerry (Contractor)" ><email@hidden> wrote: > >> You don't have the option of purchasing the apps individually, AFAIK. >>You >> buy Office, you get it all. >> >> In my experience, Mail is rather limited as an e-mail client. And I >>like >> that most of the communication/collaboration tools you need in a >>corporate >> environment are integrated into one interface in the new Outlook. Not >>to >> mention it's one less issue you'll have with PC users since, I'm told, >>the >> differences between Outlook Win and Outlook Mac are slight. Easier to >> switch someone over (or bring a Windows user into a Mac environment) >> without having to teach them how to use Entourage or the >>Mail/iCal/Address >> Book combo. >> >> Oddly enough, Microsoft handed us a trojan horse. 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