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17 Feb 2017, 02:52 AM | #256 |
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17 Feb 2017, 08:25 AM | #257 | |
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If more ppl cared about others maybe these companies wouldnt think they can do this........ If more ppl used the classic UI once in awhile then fastmail will still see alot of activity on it...... Or if everyone said they were gonna LEAVE FASTMAIL (Even paid members) if they did this maybe they would think twice about it!! |
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Symbian has worked perfectly well up until now, and it continues to work perfectly well today; and if people like you weren't constantly fixing things that aren't broken, and demanding change for the sake of change, there's no earthly reason why it shouldn't continue to work perfectly well indefinitely. [Edit: And in any case it isn't support for Symbian that Fastmail needs to maintain, it's support for the web protocol that Symbian-based browsers use. A much less onorous task, surely?] Technology is not a force of nature, but a human creation. It exists to serve us, not the other way round. Last edited by Grhm : 19 Feb 2017 at 12:45 AM. |
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Grhm, I really wasn't trying to be snarky with any of my comments. As you can see, I have problems reading even with larger displays. I can't comprehend someone reading email on such a small screen. It was an honest question. Believe me, I'm no overpaid IT professional. I gave up my job many years ago and served overseas for 12 years. Now I work with a non-profit. I buy phones that are a model or two behind the latest ones coming out, and I have all second-hand computers. Quote:
I like some forms of change, but I also hate that technology makes many things obsolete in a matter of years. Why do you think they are making non-interchangeable batteries? At the same time, I also realize that there are more and more vulnerabilities out there. And Tech companies have to change constantly to keep ahead of the bad guys - in order to keep our data safe. I work with people in a very high risk region in Asia. Security is extremely important. That's why I chose fastmail, because for anyone to get access to my data, they have to go through the legal system in Australia. Not easy. Not easy at all. It protects me, and more importantly, it protects the people we are desperately trying to help escape their circumstances. At a certain point, I also recognize that I'm going to have to keep upgrading my devices. Change happens, and I can't fight it. There's no express evil malicious intent (except for with Microsoft, perhaps But when it comes down to it, all of us are trying to just do our jobs, and hopefully put our kids through college. The people at Fastmail are just trying to make a living, and they need to put their kids through college too. I don't think Fastmail is trying to change things for change sake, they're trying to keep the company moving, and make it attractive to some paying customers who can help them keep the lights on. I loved the classic interface, but I also admit, it's not an interface that can compete with the other services out there. Fastmail is just trying to make sure they can attract customers so they can continue to put food on their family's tables too. So they had to update the interface. In the process, it became harder and harder to maintain the older interface, and things became incompatible between the two. Fastmail isn't big like Microsoft, they cannot afford to spend their resources on too many things. It got too expensive to do both the old and the new. If you look at the number of paying customers they have, and do the math, no one is becoming a millionaire at Fastmail. No one is retiring rich and buying a yacht. They could have taken it easy for a while after they were bought out, but what did they do? They spent their own money to buy the company back. Honestly, these are good people. They aren't trying to make anybody's life difficult, and I don't think any of them are overpaid IT people. They do a lot on a shoestring, compared to most other companies. I'm sorry it's not working on your device. |
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19 Feb 2017, 05:43 AM | #261 |
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Once again, Grhm, you impress with your eloquence. Should you ever run for President--er, Prime Minister--you'll have my vote.
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I apologise for taking out my frustrations on you, and I wish you the very best of luck in your endeavours. As for me, I'm now pretty much resigned to the fact that I will have to get myself a new phone, and that (much as I dislike them) it will have to be one of those huge, power-hungry, touch-screen things. I'm wondering if I could possibly afford one of these: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_2 Quote:
It's that kind of thinking that's got your country into the mess it is in today! Vote for someone who knows what they are doing, for goodness sake! |
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20 Feb 2017, 12:52 AM | #263 |
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Multiple Interfaces
I wonder if the FASTMAIL gurus have considered the possibility of continuing the CLASSIC interface with fewer "crossties" to its full-featured NEW interface.
They've already removed access to a few features in the CLASSIC interface (i.e. access to the Sieve Script) because it was too difficult to keep upgrading the CLASSIC when they added or tweaked features in the NEW interface. Perhaps they could keep an even more stripped down version of CLASSIC for those who like/need simple, low bandwidth, no javascript access to their mail. Another email provider I know gives users a choice of three (commercial) interfaces: Horde v5, Horde v3, and RoundCube v1. Further, the Horde interfaces have multiple display options: Basic, Dynamic, SmartPhone/Tablet, Mobile, and NoJavaScript. It appears to me that each interface is accessing the email server via IMAP as if one were using a local computer's email client. All the interfaces seem to operate in their own worlds; they all have access to your email folders, but there's no common Address Book or Calendar. You'll want to pick your interface before loading up those features with your data. Features that must be common amongst all interfaces, like your password, are accessed through a separate "User Control Panel." FASTMAIL might even bring back a stripped down version of its OLD (original) HTML-only interface which used no graphics at all. Bandwidth-challenged users could use OLD or CLASSIC interfaces for their everyday email access, but if they needed one of the newer features (like updating one's Sieve Script) they would have to do it through a full-featured modern computer which could deal with Fastmail's bloated NEW interface. Just a thought. |
20 Feb 2017, 07:32 AM | #264 |
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... and a most excellent thought it is too.
I wholeheartedly endorse Jerry's proposal. |
20 Feb 2017, 08:35 AM | #265 |
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Stunningly brilliant proposal, Jerry.
(So help me, Jerry, every time I see your location--Hollywood, CA--I wonder, Do you have the stage name "Lewis"? That is, I think, Are you Joseph Levitch? Of course, I realize you're almost certainly not, but I can't help but wonder.) |
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20 Feb 2017, 04:09 PM | #267 |
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+1 Jerry's post
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21 Feb 2017, 03:20 AM | #268 |
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+2 Jerrys Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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21 Feb 2017, 03:37 AM | #269 |
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Jerry's post 100%
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21 Feb 2017, 03:44 AM | #270 |
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With all this unanimity perhaps you dissidents could form your own free email service and let the rest of us enjoy our paid FastMail.
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