Having worked in the computer field for some 39 years now,
I can confidently say that nothing stays the same for very long.
Unless you adapt, you get left behind.
Gary VanderMolen
"Craig Brewer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:uZIOgnn$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well obviously Microsoft didn't do a focus group everywhere, especially where I live. Besides, we all know that focus groups
> can be biased and they definitely don't speak for everyone or the majority, they solely speak for the purpose of showing that,
> yes, people have different methods and techniques to get things done or to prove the point(s) (again biased) of the person(s)
> who is conducting the study.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ukSpU$m$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Microsoft has done focus group studies on this, and they found
>> the opposite of what you are saying, which is why they made this
>> change. Most users were more efficient by following this routine:
>>
>> Click Create Mail, click on To, select recipient, write the email.
>>
>> Also, a fairly high percentage of emails are replies, in which case
>> there is no need to look up the recipient.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>> "Craig Brewer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:#266ixi$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Vanilla:
>>>
>>> It's a great place to have the contacts not just for home users to become lazier in finding things but it also makes the email
>>> process faster so people at work (and home users as well as those working from home) can do the email system more efficiently
>>> and it also adds quality to time management which most of us are well acquainted with and forced to comply with on a daily
>>> basis. Too many times have I heard people mention how their jobs emphasize time management and with the contacts list not
>>> readily available the email process is going to become more time consuming.
>>>
>>> I really do hope Microsoft brings this feature back and quickly.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> "vanilla" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:On7dRni$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> You are not alone in missing the contacts in the bottom of the left pane ... big discussion months ago on this ... MS knows
>>>> many people miss the contacts being there ... we shall see if it ever returns there ... was great for usability ...
>>>>
>>>> vanilla
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Craig Brewer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:eGkIQJh$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> In Outlook Express the contacts appeared in the left hand pane under the Local Folders. I just happened to like this
>>>>> feature because it allowed me to access the contacts without having to click anything else in the menu or any other task
>>>>> bars. Is this feature available with Windows Mail?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you all in advance for any help that you may be able to provide.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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