"Alex Clayton" wrote in message
Char Jackson said:
"Fred" wrote in message
My XP computer has Windows live mail version 2009. Top line has
file
edit view go tools actions help.
My other computer - windows 7 - has Windows live mail version 2011 and I
can't find anyway of displaying these menu items on it. Do they no longer
exist with the program?
A while back I noticed a few people talking about how the "new" WLM was a
mess. I accidentally loaded it on a laptop we only use for watching
moving
onto our TV. I was letting it do the updates and when I saw it was doing
the
WLM 2011 I figured it was ok since I do not use it for Usenet anyway. So
now
that it is there, and I am trying it I don't see what the problem is???
It
seems so far to be very strait forward to me.
-- "Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."
[Lazarus Long]
Seriously? Its problems have been mentioned so many times that people
must be bored to read about them. You can start with the fact that
your text and the text from "Fred" are indistinguishable from each
other.
Also, (I didn't snip it so you could see it), the sig delimiter is
broken. The "dash dash space" needs to be on a line by themselves in
order to be recognized as a proper sig delimiter.
I had not paid a lot of attention to the conversation when it was going
on.
As long as I have been on Usenet there seems to be a never ending battle
about what is wrong with everything MS makes. Been hearing it since I
learned to use OE.
Now that I see the post on another machine I did right away spot the way
WLM 2011 did not use the > next to every line. That is something I have
long
heard people complaining about though with all the versions of MS Usenet
readers. Something about some readers use one > for part of the quote and
2cared about.
I went back and checked the WLM 2011 again and it has a button to insert
a
------------- line so I guess you could use that to separate the reply
from
the original. I do like the ribbon they use now I guess because I have
gotten so used to using Word 07 at School. Will probably go ahead and
change
this one to the 2011 version too.
As for the:
Also, (I didn't snip it so you could see it), the sig delimiter is
broken. The "dash dash space" needs to be on a line by themselves in
order to be recognized as a proper sig delimiter.
That to is another one of those things that I have never "got". To me it
was
always like the never ending war that seems to rage on about top posting
or
bottom posting. It has always just looked to me like some people have way
too much time on their hands and need to find something to complain about
to
fill the boredom or something. <shrug>
--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."
[Lazarus Long]
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+1 Alex!
The Usenet seems to be heavily populated with ABMers (anybody but
Microsoft) like Alias et al.
I also like the"ribbon" configuration that MS is using. It provides a
nice continuity between Office 2010 and WLM 2011.
As for the lack of the >> set aside function, I find it only a mild
irritant, certainly not worth condemning the entire WLM 2011 email client.
My personal use of Usenet is probably 5 % -- the other 95% being with
general email functions. I loved Outlook Express and had used it for 10+
years as my main email client. I find WLM 2011 to be an improvement over
OE. Takes a while to get used to its differences from OE but once over
that hump, its smooth sailing.
