Re: [libreoffice-users] Has it all except ... #2

Strongly worded, but well-aimed I think.  I have an iMAC
running OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I use Thunderbird.

I would welcome conferencing but because of my choices,
I am standing out on the loose edges.

I have been let down by Windows-only decisions made by
developers and/or vendors too.

Let's go OpenSource where ever possible - all the way!

On 3/14/11 12:35 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote:
> Le 2011-03-14 09:59, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> > .....
> > Virtual Access (www.virtual-access.org) - their web site states:
> > [quote]
> > Virtual Access is a mature and well established Windows mail, news 
> > and conferencing product ......
> > [unquote]
> > What if you use Linux or Mac OSX? It would be nice to find a similar 
> > "main, news, and conferencing product" that works for Windows, Linux 
> > .deb [32/64-bit], Linux .rpm [32/64-bit], and Mac OSX.
>
> What struck me is not the Windows-only application, but rather the 
> description of a programme in vague terms. It's a concept, and it may 
> be a very good concept, but for a guy like me who is satisfied with 
> Thunderbird and could be satisfied with Outlook, what would I gain 
> with Virtual Access? Or even with a presentation like Google Mail?
>
> – Conversations? I already have them in Thunderbird. Messages are 
> organized by threads (real ones, not pseudo ones like Outlook). But 
> what's the point in reading "conversations" and having quoted parts 
> automatically closed if people reply on top?
>
> – News... Except for a few geeks, I think the medium is mostly dead.
>
> – Conferencing: Yes, that's missing from Thunderbird and Outlook. The 
> latest version of Outlook does a bit of it, but in a fairly cumbersome 
> way that looks like an afterthought. What is needed is a kind of white 
> board. It should use the address book found in Thunderbird or Outlook 
> (or System contacts), but should probably be a separate application 
> because it requires much more overhead than email. I like Thunderbird 
> because I can leave it open in the background. Not sure I could do 
> that with a heavier application, especially if I want to build a few 
> macros in Calc, use InDesign, Photoshop and, why not, a modelling 
> program.

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