[Sigia-l] Mac mail packages

[A.F. Cossham]

Ok, Ok, so I don't really want to customise EVERYthing :-) but I don't 
want to HAVE to do things where options are packaged together - because 
I find that they are putting the options together in ways that don't 
suit me.

No, I don't want to have to think about the product either - I want it 
to work. BUT, I want it to work so that it's the best use to me, not 
because the designer put snazzy bells and whistles on it and lots of 
pretty colours, and options that interfere with other options.  So, I 
want the basics, but to be able to put them together how I want them to 
go together. Outlook Express actually did that for me (and it let my 
son and I have two completely separate mailboxes with separate rules, 
separate email address on the same computer. "Mail" won't let that 
happen - yeah, this is a biggie when you share a computer). Sadly, it 
becomes unstable when you have large files in it, and is irretrievable 
once that happens.

Thanks to those who've made suggestions about alternatives.
Amanda

On 6/04/2006, at 15:21, Gino Zahnd wrote:

> I think the more interesting topic here than the Mac mail issue lies 
> around the following user desire:
>
> "...the sort where I can customise EVERYTHING and am not forced to do 
> it the way someone else has decided is best?"
>
> Amanda's wish really uncovers something that we all seem to struggle 
> with, and very much flies in the face of say, the philosophy of the 
> latest 37 Signals "book".  At what point do we stop feature bloat in 
> the name of customization, and make concrete decisions and take 
> responsibility for the products that we design? Personally, I don't 
> like to always have to think about the products I use. I just want 
> them to work. That isn't always the case, but more often than not it 
> is the case.