Hi, Sonic.
I guess it all depends on how YOU use WLM versus how I use it. The things
you mention are of little importance to me. (Except maybe for #5 and #6.)
Since I never use Hotmail, and don't have multiple users on my computer or
my own network, and have only POP3 accounts...
For me, it's great that they’ve fixed at least four regressions that had
been making WLM 0908 very clumsy to use.
1. Next unread folder (Ctrl+J) works again! I have my mouse buttons
programmed for Ctrl+J and Ctrl+U (Next unread message) and now I can
navigate through all my mail and news without touching the keyboard, just
like in OE/WM and earlier WLM builds.
2. Spell-check works! I can Add words to the custom dictionary "on the
fly", rather than having to use Notepad.
3. The Folder list in Newsgroups is now right-aligned, like in WM, so
that we can see the important part of the NG name, rather than the endless
repetition of microsoft.public...
4. Signatures work again, just like in OE/WM/earlier WLM.
And they've added a few features that I had been clamoring for:
5. There is now a Sync button on the Toolbar in Mail (and it has a
drop-down menu). Saves only a single mouse-click, since we could use Tools
| Sync before, but it's handy to have it there, just like on the Toolbar in
News. (On the News toolbar, the name changed from Sync All to Sync
Everything, but that doesn't bother me; it still syncs both Mail and News.)
6. The Calendar works. I haven't used this much, but maybe I will now.
I'm ambivalent about the new colors. I agree with the comments that the
Subject (in the Message List) is more important than the From, especially in
Mail, and should be bolded more noticeably. The
That's not all the good and bad (from my perspective), but it will do for
now. Overall, I like this new build a lot. ;<)
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2009 1202 in Win7 x64 6801)
"Sonic" <Sonic@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In this Beta Refresh I don't see anything important new, just a couple of
> estethics touchs but the real important things to do are yet to be done
> (If
> you ever do them):
>
> 1) Still ugly and old stationery themes, not a single good theme like in
> Apple Mail
>
> 2) Still too few options for the photo mail, I can't really adjust photos
> to
> make a great composition like in Apple Mail
>
> 3) No autodiscovery of addresses, phone numbers, names, e-mail etc. in the
> e-mail body, to easily add them in calendar, address book or to do list,
> always like Apple Mail
>
> 4) Still no consistency between all the Windows Live apps both on and off
> line: Windows Live have some themes, Messenger have only few of them but
> not
> dynamics, Mail doesn't have them at all and Photogallery doesn't have
> themes
> or color schemes at all! Integration, integration where are you?
>
> 5) Please! I understand you choosed to eliminate icons but a lot of people
> here have told you we don't like textual!
> It's not intuitive at all to use, you have to memorize all the position
> commands instead of identify them at first look.
> At least let us choose between plain text, text and icons or only icons,
> but
> don't decide for us!
>
> 6) I would like to see offline reminders for the calendar, it will be
> LOTTA
> useful!