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I think we can all agree that Entourage is a MUCH better email client
than Apple's Mail application.
However, there is ONE nice thing about Mail that Entourage does not
have: Mail has "enhanced dock functionality" in 4 important ways that
Entourage does not.
#1. Clicking-and-holding on the dock icon for Mail gives you the
opportunity to "Get New Mail". This is PERFECT for people like myself
who prefer to check their email manually (instead of setting their
email program to check mail on a schedule). The beauty of being able
to check email from the dock icon means that you don't have to LEAVE
the current application that you're working in just to check to see if
new email has arrived. If new email HASN'T arrived, then you're still
working in your current app.
#2. Clicking-and-holding on the dock icon for Mail also gives you the
opportunity to "Compose New Message". This is FANTASTIC! Again, you
don't need to bring all of your Mail windows to the foreground just to
compose a new message. The new message window floats above whatever
application you're currently working in. This would be GREAT for
Entourage to embrace this as well.
#3. The dock icon for Mail shows the NUMBER of new messages that have
been received. This is a really nice extra touch that I would love to
see Entourage add to their dock icon! Actually, it would be really
nice for Entourage to leapfrog Mail in these regards by providing even
more functionality, like DockStar does:
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar/
#4. Dragging-and-dropping any file to the Mail icon ALWAYS creates a
BRAND NEW email with that file as the attachment. However, in
Entourage, it seems to attach the icon to the FRONTMOST WINDOW in
Entourage. If the frontmost window is not an outgoing message, THEN it
creates a brand new email message. Is this the desired behavior for
everyone? I have found this to be confusing for me. I actually prefer
Mail's behavior, although I can see how the Entourage behavior could be
desirable in some cases. Perhaps this could be a preference in
Entourage?
It would be really nice to see Microsoft embrace the dock more with
Entourage.
Thanks,
Scott
than Apple's Mail application.
However, there is ONE nice thing about Mail that Entourage does not
have: Mail has "enhanced dock functionality" in 4 important ways that
Entourage does not.
#1. Clicking-and-holding on the dock icon for Mail gives you the
opportunity to "Get New Mail". This is PERFECT for people like myself
who prefer to check their email manually (instead of setting their
email program to check mail on a schedule). The beauty of being able
to check email from the dock icon means that you don't have to LEAVE
the current application that you're working in just to check to see if
new email has arrived. If new email HASN'T arrived, then you're still
working in your current app.
#2. Clicking-and-holding on the dock icon for Mail also gives you the
opportunity to "Compose New Message". This is FANTASTIC! Again, you
don't need to bring all of your Mail windows to the foreground just to
compose a new message. The new message window floats above whatever
application you're currently working in. This would be GREAT for
Entourage to embrace this as well.
#3. The dock icon for Mail shows the NUMBER of new messages that have
been received. This is a really nice extra touch that I would love to
see Entourage add to their dock icon! Actually, it would be really
nice for Entourage to leapfrog Mail in these regards by providing even
more functionality, like DockStar does:
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar/
#4. Dragging-and-dropping any file to the Mail icon ALWAYS creates a
BRAND NEW email with that file as the attachment. However, in
Entourage, it seems to attach the icon to the FRONTMOST WINDOW in
Entourage. If the frontmost window is not an outgoing message, THEN it
creates a brand new email message. Is this the desired behavior for
everyone? I have found this to be confusing for me. I actually prefer
Mail's behavior, although I can see how the Entourage behavior could be
desirable in some cases. Perhaps this could be a preference in
Entourage?
It would be really nice to see Microsoft embrace the dock more with
Entourage.
Thanks,
Scott