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Guest
Like many others I'm less then enthused over many of the changes that come
with Vista. A lot of things seem to take many more steps to do and/or are
very user UNfriendly. With every other version of windows a user could find a
way to make the OS work as they wanted, with Vista this doesn't seem to be
the case.
If this has been done in the spirt of tighting up security, I understand the
need. What I don't understand is why users are being forced to do things the
new MS way even when it doesn't seem to be security related.
Contacts for example is a prime example. First off I had a pane in OE (under
the folders pane) with my address book's addresses listed in it. I wanted to
send a e-mail to some one I clicked on the name, wrote the email and sent it
using either my ISP's account or hotmail. No big woop, quick and easy. (I was
also getting my hotmail messages using OE instead of the web based interface,
something Windows mail can't or won't do)
Now. I have to click on contacts up on the tool bar which opens a brand new
window. When I click on the contacts name it opens the properties window. I
have to use another toolbar button or right click on the name then select
action, then send e-mail. Why so much harder, so many more steps? Even so I
could learn to live with this behaviour, though I'd rather change it. What
really gets me is the default account that opens to compose the e-mail is
hotmail. Why? Is this some effort on MS's part to eventually have us all
using "web based" programs?
Well I want to use Windows Mail to send to my contacts. Why? Because I don't
use hotmail as much as a e-mail client as I do as a proxy e-mail client.
Don't understand what I mean? Easy the only people that get my ISP address
are people I trust with it, and want to exchange messages with them through
the OS based client only. My hotmail account is for those I don't trust, and
I want to communicate with them through hotmail only. This method is my
primary method of e-mail filtering and with this method my OS based mail
client has little to no SPAM coming to it.
So simply change the default e-mail client for contacts you say?
My question to you then is HOW?!?
There is nothing in any of the option/properties menus for either WM or
Contacts. If the default e-mail client for contacts can be changed the
setting is in some totally stupid location that only a MS windows programmer
would think to look.
That in the end is the reason so many people are frustrated with Vista. I
use windows instead of Linux because Windows is (well used to be) EASY TO SET
UP THE WAY I LIKE!
Looks like I might as well start learning how to use the Linux command line
now, I'm pretty sure it won't take me all that much longer to learn then all
the new user "enhancements" that Vista offers will take.
with Vista. A lot of things seem to take many more steps to do and/or are
very user UNfriendly. With every other version of windows a user could find a
way to make the OS work as they wanted, with Vista this doesn't seem to be
the case.
If this has been done in the spirt of tighting up security, I understand the
need. What I don't understand is why users are being forced to do things the
new MS way even when it doesn't seem to be security related.
Contacts for example is a prime example. First off I had a pane in OE (under
the folders pane) with my address book's addresses listed in it. I wanted to
send a e-mail to some one I clicked on the name, wrote the email and sent it
using either my ISP's account or hotmail. No big woop, quick and easy. (I was
also getting my hotmail messages using OE instead of the web based interface,
something Windows mail can't or won't do)
Now. I have to click on contacts up on the tool bar which opens a brand new
window. When I click on the contacts name it opens the properties window. I
have to use another toolbar button or right click on the name then select
action, then send e-mail. Why so much harder, so many more steps? Even so I
could learn to live with this behaviour, though I'd rather change it. What
really gets me is the default account that opens to compose the e-mail is
hotmail. Why? Is this some effort on MS's part to eventually have us all
using "web based" programs?
Well I want to use Windows Mail to send to my contacts. Why? Because I don't
use hotmail as much as a e-mail client as I do as a proxy e-mail client.
Don't understand what I mean? Easy the only people that get my ISP address
are people I trust with it, and want to exchange messages with them through
the OS based client only. My hotmail account is for those I don't trust, and
I want to communicate with them through hotmail only. This method is my
primary method of e-mail filtering and with this method my OS based mail
client has little to no SPAM coming to it.
So simply change the default e-mail client for contacts you say?
My question to you then is HOW?!?
There is nothing in any of the option/properties menus for either WM or
Contacts. If the default e-mail client for contacts can be changed the
setting is in some totally stupid location that only a MS windows programmer
would think to look.
That in the end is the reason so many people are frustrated with Vista. I
use windows instead of Linux because Windows is (well used to be) EASY TO SET
UP THE WAY I LIKE!
Looks like I might as well start learning how to use the Linux command line
now, I'm pretty sure it won't take me all that much longer to learn then all
the new user "enhancements" that Vista offers will take.