Comments on: The great Thunderbird experiment http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/ Bits on the rampage: Eric Shepherd's blog. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Shawn Wilsher http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Shawn Wilsher Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:53:59 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-834 I fully agree with the address book. I'm thinking about offering peterv some assistance if it's wanted because I would love for that to work. I fully agree with the address book. I’m thinking about offering peterv some assistance if it’s wanted because I would love for that to work.

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-826 sheppy Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:14:33 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-826 Yeah, I've seen that. I just keep waiting for 203927 to actually land. Anywhere. :) I will go through all these articles in a day or two and submit bugs for anything that's not already in Bugzilla. Yeah, I’ve seen that. I just keep waiting for 203927 to actually land. Anywhere. :)

I will go through all these articles in a day or two and submit bugs for anything that’s not already in Bugzilla.

]]> By: Smokey Ardisson http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Smokey Ardisson Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:41:30 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-821 You want peterv's bug 203927 (and some follow-ups, I'm sure) here, if you haven't found it yet in your searches.... You want peterv’s bug 203927 (and some follow-ups, I’m sure) here, if you haven’t found it yet in your searches….

]]> By: Ludovic http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Ludovic Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:39:33 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-820 Do you plan to open bugs also ? Do you plan to open bugs also ?

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-811 sheppy Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:50:53 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-811 iChat's interface to the address book sucks, but supposedly has been redone for iChat 4, which will come with Leopard next year. iChat doesn't actually use the Address Book's UI, but has its own really dreadful UI. Thing is, apps can have their own UI. Address Book can be treated as a database. You could keep the same address book UI you have in Thunderbird now, just storing the data in the standard OS X address book. iChat’s interface to the address book sucks, but supposedly has been redone for iChat 4, which will come with Leopard next year. iChat doesn’t actually use the Address Book’s UI, but has its own really dreadful UI.

Thing is, apps can have their own UI. Address Book can be treated as a database. You could keep the same address book UI you have in Thunderbird now, just storing the data in the standard OS X address book.

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Jesse Ruderman Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:49:37 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-810 On the other hand, when I use Thunderbird on Windows, I don't use the address book feature at all. So maybe I don't care. On the other hand, when I use Thunderbird on Windows, I don’t use the address book feature at all. So maybe I don’t care.

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Jesse Ruderman Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:46:36 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-808 The only app I've used that tried to use the Mac OS X address book is iChat. The UI for adding an AIM user to my buddy list was horrible, and it seemed to be horrible because iChat uses the Mac OS X address book. Thunderbird should not switch to using the Mac OS X address book if it requires harming the UI as much as it did in iChat. The only app I’ve used that tried to use the Mac OS X address book is iChat. The UI for adding an AIM user to my buddy list was horrible, and it seemed to be horrible because iChat uses the Mac OS X address book. Thunderbird should not switch to using the Mac OS X address book if it requires harming the UI as much as it did in iChat.

]]> By: Robert Accettura http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Robert Accettura Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:40:10 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2006/09/18/the-great-thunderbird-experiment/#comment-794 Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just drop Thunderbird's AB on Mac/Windows and use the OS included address book for better integration with the OS. Would then give us things like sync ability for the given OS's, and other features that AB inherits. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just drop Thunderbird’s AB on Mac/Windows and use the OS included address book for better integration with the OS. Would then give us things like sync ability for the given OS’s, and other features that AB inherits.

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