Comments on: My Favourite OS X tools http://gravyland.net/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/ where we go to play Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: victoria bc cash loan http://gravyland.net/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-214166 victoria bc cash loan Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:04:54 +0000 http://gra.id.au/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/#comment-214166 <strong>victoria bc cash loan...</strong> Weissman,forget emit!spheroidal accountants.... victoria bc cash loan…

Weissman,forget emit!spheroidal accountants….

]]> By: bad andy http://gravyland.net/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-12560 bad andy Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:58:44 +0000 http://gra.id.au/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/#comment-12560 Each program does something the others don't. Mail's "redirect" features allowed me to upload my local inbox back to a server inbox when another misbehaving email client failed to leave the messages on the server like I'd asked it to. Having said that, I do prefer Thunderbird and Firefox to Mail, Safari and Camino. I have all 5 installed on my iBook and switch between them. Firefox's extensibility is a selling point all by itself. I love using the AdBlock extension to kill CPU hogging Flash ads on the websites I visit. (Before you bring up Pith Helmet or some other shareware, keep in mind that Firefox extensions are free.) Thunderbird is great for composing HTML messages, and I can link to images without having the email automatically attach them. (I know everyone hates HTML email. This is for opt-in mailling lists for work and for my band. I do not spam people.) Overall, I can imagine getting through my day using only Firefox and Thunderbird, but the same isn't true of the "Mac-like" apps. Each program does something the others don’t. Mail’s “redirect” features allowed me to upload my local inbox back to a server inbox when another misbehaving email client failed to leave the messages on the server like I’d asked it to.

Having said that, I do prefer Thunderbird and Firefox to Mail, Safari and Camino. I have all 5 installed on my iBook and switch between them. Firefox’s extensibility is a selling point all by itself. I love using the AdBlock extension to kill CPU hogging Flash ads on the websites I visit. (Before you bring up Pith Helmet or some other shareware, keep in mind that Firefox extensions are free.)

Thunderbird is great for composing HTML messages, and I can link to images without having the email automatically attach them. (I know everyone hates HTML email. This is for opt-in mailling lists for work and for my band. I do not spam people.)

Overall, I can imagine getting through my day using only Firefox and Thunderbird, but the same isn’t true of the “Mac-like” apps.

]]> By: Graeme Sutherland http://gravyland.net/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-12556 Graeme Sutherland Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:13:53 +0000 http://gra.id.au/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/#comment-12556 I didn't even mention Camino, did I. Used it for a while. Didn't like it. I'd rather Firefox. As for Entourage, where are the 9000 messages? I've had to try and put a broken Entourage database before and it was scary. I prefer the openness of a bunch of files on disk that I can access with half a dozen other clients if I needed to. I didn’t even mention Camino, did I. Used it for a while. Didn’t like it. I’d rather Firefox.
As for Entourage, where are the 9000 messages? I’ve had to try and put a broken Entourage database before and it was scary. I prefer the openness of a bunch of files on disk that I can access with half a dozen other clients if I needed to.

]]> By: OS11 http://gravyland.net/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-12516 OS11 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:36:19 +0000 http://gra.id.au/2005/03/29/my-favourite-os-x-tools/#comment-12516 Apple Mail is pretty weak. There are no problems with Entourage, maybe you are still thinking of Claris Emailer? I have over 9,000 messages, nary a problem. FireFox really isn't mac worthy. Camino is a much more polished OSX browser, FF is too PCesque. Apple Mail is pretty weak. There are no problems with Entourage, maybe you are still thinking of Claris Emailer? I have over 9,000 messages, nary a problem.

FireFox really isn’t mac worthy. Camino is a much more polished OSX browser, FF is too PCesque.

]]>