On Mon November 17 2008 12:39:00 am David C. Rankin wrote:
I configured the mailer, but then unconfigured it. It is more than capable and has some neat features, but Thunderbird is still king.
How do you 'unconfigure', remove mail? Every time I start, it goes and gets/displays mail but doesn't have the features I like that are in Kmail. At least, if the features are there, It's like going from KDE3 to KDE4, it is unintuitive as to how to get to/configure things that 'just work' in KDE3. I do like the browser though but FFox has some extensions that I really like and immediately missed in Opera, eg, the Ad suppression ad on. I have gotten so used to not seeing all the ads and headers and 'crud' from advertising in all of the web pages that when I saw them in Opera and realized how little real information is displayed due to ads taking up all the space, I need to find some equivilent mechanism in Opera before I will use it as my primary browser. Commercials/advertising is a cancer and using FFox, I can remove virtually 100% of that junk and just never see it. I am not giving up on Opera just yet, but the ad filters I get in the FFox ad ons need to have some equivilent function in Opera before it becomes my primary. I can just not create a mail account in Opera to solve part of my problem but I'd rather not even take up the memory by loading that 'widget'/feature. Part of it is my own fault by not knowing how to effectively use the product, and partly poor ergonomics in design of the program. If it was more intuitive and logically laid out, it would be much easier to switch. Kinda like KDE desktop needing to be "Windoze" friendly in terms of look and feel. People are used to click and drag and icons representing directories and files, so it is intuitive to manipulate these items when on a learning curve from Windoze to Linux/KDE/Gnome/whichever is your favorite. Going from TBird or KMail or PMMail (win) or Outlook is easy because they have similar 'primary controls' and configuration mechanisms. Opera isn't intuitive and the transition is (for me at least) too steep a learning curve as it is. What I *did* like was the fact that java/flash, etc, just worked out of the box. Normally with FFox, I have to go in and find/repair links to make it work in the first place, and do the same exercise when I upgrade the product. That Opera 'just worked' out of the box was a welcome relief. It's worth working with and if I can figure out how to add features like the Ad Block ad on, that 'blocker' will go away and I can see myself using Opera as primary....at least as a browser. The mail function is a bit 'iffy' as to if it will ever replace KMail/TBird though it would be nice because it is integrated into the main program. For now however, I will remain with KMail having converted from TBird previously. Richard Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org