Oddblogwherein Iain Lamb and Ethan Diamond prattle on incessantly about all things Oddpost(Untitled)- October 23, 2002 While many of you wrote in to express your joy over the new Ask Me When I Send an Email to Addresses Not Currently in My Address Book Whether I Would Like to Add Those Addresses to My Address Book feature, a handful of malcontents begged to differ. One subscriber went so far as to accuse us of trending toward use of "pop-ups." What-ever! Before the days of the X10, a dialog box was called a dialog box, and Remainder of this post deleted by moderator. Please note that in...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/22.html#a40 (Untitled)- October 23, 2002 We are deeply ashamed to admit that two of our latest features, distribution lists and multiple external email account access, did not react well to the presence of that sadly extant beast known as Internet Explorer 5.0. In fact, if you clicked on this or that button, the browser would crash, and (one moment, the telephone, it is ringing). Yes, now as we were saying, IE 5.0, new features, crashing, et cetera et cetera. In summary, this is now fixed. Thank.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/22.html#a39 (Untitled)- October 17, 2002 In our continued effort to be Good, Oddpost is now donating ten percent of your subscription fee to the non-profit of your choice, where "choice" is defined as a selection from one of seven organizations listed when you sign up. We believe the groups, which include Human Rights Watch, Doctors without Borders, Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, National Resources Defense Council, Habitat for Humanity International, North Beach Citizens and America's Second Harvest, are...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a38 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 Faster Oddpost, Load! Load! Is it not the pussycat's pajamas that message headers load approximately 300% faster than beforehttp://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a37 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 When you send a message to somebody or somebodies who is or are not currently in your address book, we now do you the courtesy of inquiring as to whether you would like to add that somebody or somebodies to said address book. You are free to say no, and freer still to say yes. Do we demand that you immediately fill out a fax number and home address for that person Nope, you don't even have to fill out a name for him or hers. You do that later, whenever you feel so moved, like during your Just a.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a36 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 Why in sam hill would anyone want to access their address book via the To:Cc:Bcc: buttons when they could just type the first few letters of any name or address and let auto-completion do its thing instead Well why the hell would we even ask such a question The people have spoken! It is not our place to doubt them! We have made it so!http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a35 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 Close your eyes and imagine, if you will, a feature that would allow you to group together several email addresses under a single alias...For example, you could create a list containing the addresses of all the people you love, name it "inner circle," and the next time you receive a FUNNY FUNNY JOKE, forward it to all those people simply by typing "inner circle" in the To: field! Now slowly open your eyes...cold reality. But wait, what's this A glowing hearth to warm yourself by! Oh yes. Select.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a34 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 Does anyone besides Tony Rosner care that message table column widths are now saved between sessionshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a33 (Untitled)- October 16, 2002 Remember that feeling you had when you first saw the video for Lionel Richie&146;s Hello Well multiply that emotion by ten, because you can now access not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, but SIX external email accounts from within the happy shelter of Oddpost. Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, hold&133;.and go to File->External Mail Accounts. Bonus nerdliness: you can even check IMAP accounts!http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2002/10/16.html#a32 |