I use Outlook for my personal email, and I'm strongly considering changing my mail client. Other than the security benefits of not automatically running scripts when viewing messages, can anyone who has switched to Thunderbird tell me what other features make this client a preferred choice to Outlook?
I'll politely add that open-source isn't enough to compel me to change, nor is bayesian filtering (I already use SpamBayes).
Thanks for your help, and really, I'm not trying to fan any fl
I have trouble getting many people to switch to TB even though they quickly took up FF. The things keeping back these people I know that are now using FF + Outlook are:
1) Buttons work differently, such as the delete button doesn't also close the message if you opened the message in a new Window (These type of problems are solvable with the Buttons! extension)
2) The context menu for Copy To and Move To is very annoying for them to use since they typically have 100s of folders nested across their accounts,
1. a) Double click on message to open in new window b1) click on delete in window deletes that message and opens the next message b2) go to message list and delete message in open window -- the window closes and the message is deleted
2. Valid point. a) I suggest you work in the 3-pane view so that you can drag and drop the messages in the tree on the left.
3. It would be hard to search for that one, and would need some time to come up with a good bug report.
4. What exact functionality and presentation of information are they missing? I would need a lot more details to make a good bug report.
5. Good point.
I'll do some searches through the bugzilla database and see what I find. In the mean time, can you post some details on I asked. Thanks.
Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:5, Interesting)
I use Outlook for my personal email, and I'm strongly considering changing my mail client. Other than the security benefits of not automatically running scripts when viewing messages, can anyone who has switched to Thunderbird tell me what other features make this client a preferred choice to Outlook?
I'll politely add that open-source isn't enough to compel me to change, nor is bayesian filtering (I already use SpamBayes).
Thanks for your help, and really, I'm not trying to fan any fl
Re:Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:5, Informative)
1) Buttons work differently, such as the delete button doesn't also close the message if you opened the message in a new Window (These type of problems are solvable with the Buttons! extension)
2) The context menu for Copy To and Move To is very annoying for them to use since they typically have 100s of folders nested across their accounts,
Re:Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:2)
1.
a) Double click on message to open in new window
b1) click on delete in window deletes that message and opens the next message
b2) go to message list and delete message in open window -- the window closes and the message is deleted
2. Valid point.
a) I suggest you work in the 3-pane view so that you can drag and drop the messages in the tree on the left.
3.
It would be hard to search for that one, and would need some time to come up with a good bug report.
4.
What exact functionality and presentation of information are they missing? I would need a lot more details to make a good bug report.
5. Good point.
I'll do some searches through the bugzilla database and see what I find. In the mean time, can you post some details on I asked. Thanks.