Saturday, August 24, 2002

I've been spending the last few hours looking at Mail. I really love the look & feel of it - it's the cleanest email client I've ever seen and has lots of really nice features. Unfortunately it's horribly slow when you have a lot of mail in one mailbox. I used Eudora Mailbox Cleaner to import my email from Eudora. My carbon development list folder had over 6000 messages from this year (I archived everything before this year), and when I open that folder in Mail it takes close to a minute of spinning cursor on my G4/500. Eudora opens that folder immediately. There's also no easy way to export mail to Eudora or anything else. Even though the format is supposedly the same, Eudora won't open Mail's mbox files (maybe changing the file type to text would work). What I'm thinking of doing is using Mail.app for my normal use, having it keep messages on the server (note that if you use IMAP, it will delete messages from the server if you filter it to a different mailbox), and running Eudora every few days to download mail to be archived. Here's what Mac Net Journal wrote on the same subject: With the release of the new version of Mail which is bundled in Mac OS X 10.2, I am taking yet another look at Apple's default email application. I am trying to use it off and on today, but so far I am being pushed back to my favorite email application PowerMail by: Mail's lack of keyboard navigation between the mailbox pane and message pane. Difficulties creating new Rules in Mail compared to other email applications (Why do I have to go into Preferences to create a Rule rather than being able to Control-click on a message and create a new Rule based on that specific message?) The relative slowness of the Mail interface, such as the delay when selecting a large mail box between the selection and actual display of the messages. I am pleasantly surprised with the Junk Mail features of Mail, and things have improved with the program in general. I still miss labels in the Mail program, but I can see getting around that limitation with filtering or a set of mailboxes that reflect the labelling system I use in other email applications. The jury is still out... [Mac Net Journal] 11:36:13 PM    Comments []

I've finished installing Jaguar and everything is running smoothly on my G4. I did a clean install and then selectively copied the contents of my old home folder to the newly created one. Applications launch very quickly - rarely more than 1-2 bounces. PhotoShop 7 launches in 7 bounces and finishes loading in about 10 seconds. I can sync my Visor with Palm desktop. Toast & iTunes recognize my Que FireWire CDRW. My VST Tri-Media drive works. My Kensington Optical Elite mouse & Kensington's drivers work with no problems. A totally painless upgrade. 6:57:39 PM    Comments []

Wil's way   Wil Wheaton:   "Copyright law is a good idea. It allows actors, writers, and musicians to create and own intellectual property, and hopefully derive a living from their creations.   As an actor and writer, I have a personal stake in making sure that Copyright law is enforced. If I can't own the works I create, then I can't feed my family.   The music labels, publishing houses and studios who release our creative works would have you believe that unless we strengthen copyright laws, their clever euphemism for eroding your rights to parody and free expression, all artists will suffer.   Don't you believe them. As a negotiator for the Screen Actors Guild, I have firsthand experience with these men who claim to care so greatly for artists, and I call shenanigans. The greatest danger to musicians is not Gnutella. It is the label. The greatest danger to actors and film makers is not DeCSS. It is the studio. These corporate masters care little for the artists who are filling their 4 car garages with new Porsches and filling their private jets with fuel and "hostesses."   What they do care about is controlling how you listen to music, or watch movies, and, increasingly, how you discuss and react to our creations.   Copyright law was best described as "a balance between expression that the owners can control and expression that is left open to the commons."   Right now we are facing the complete destruction of that delicate balance. Corporations, and their congressional lap dogs, are doing everything in their power to ensure that the "expression left open to the commons" is forever removed, leaving only "expression the owners can control."   That is a truly terrifying statement, which bears repeating: "expression only the owners can control."   Right fucking on. Glad to repeat it. [Doc Searls Weblog] 6:09:44 PM    Comments []

I just got back from the Jaguar release party at MacCenter in Ft. Lauderdale. I'm typing this on my iBook while I'm doing a clean install of Jaguar on my G4. Even though I've had the developer seed (which I downloaded via my own ADC account) for a few week, I bought a full retail copy to make sure I'm 100% legal. 3:54:05 PM    Comments []