Re: are there people actually using GNUMail?

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> Because I don't think it is workable, yet it is included in almost 
> every distribution and seems to have a fame.
it is a very fine application...
> It crashes when choosing to reply to "Everyone";
that shouldn't happen anymore since the past release of GNUstep.
> It displays characters in compose window at 1/2 speed I can type;
there is a problem with your system, reading from the comments below I 
think you have  font/backend problem.
> It doesn't support thread view (as Thunderbird has) or going to the 
> next email in this thread (as Apple mail has);
that's a design feature and i hope it stays so. Not all apps need to 
look and behave the same to be useful? There is an option to display 
threads as arced thread, which is evry convenient and even more powerful 
as plain tree-formed threads.
> It sometimes have wired behavior, e.g. typing 'i' after 'f' causes 
> both letter erasered.
> A lot of strange design. e.g. you have to do a "f-ind all" (you know 
> why I type a dash between f and i) before using "Previous" and "Next", 
> most newbie wouldn't get this (in case this is really logical, the 
> button "F-ind all" should be vertically above "Previous" and "End" to 
> give user the idea of their relationship.
I think you have a font problem A wild guess is tha tyour font has 
problem with ligatures. fi forms a ligature on a capable backend and 
font, in your case it appears that the backend tries to display a 
ligature that doesn't exist.

I admit, I am not posting this message from GNUmail, I used to use it 
every day, but stopped for other reasons than yours though, not anything 
critical in its usage.

Riccardo