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21 Feb 2017, 07:00 AM | #271 |
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OK, that does it. I truly give up. This whole episode (especially the companion thread regarding Member accounts) has brought into view and rubbed our collective noses in everything that eventually intrudes into and ruins so much of human enterprise and interaction of all sorts. FastMail comes out looking bad, having created an entirely needless and commercially counterproductive kerfuffle that will do the company's long-term and wider reputation no good at all. And alas, many members of this forum seem to have gone out of their way to display an invincible illogic that stubbornly ignores valid points and commits every logical fallacy and shameless non sequitur in the book of rhetorical malpractice, along with displaying an occasional mean streak that is truly unpleasant to behold. It all mirrors what has become common practice in the wider world, so one shouldn't be surprised, just saddened. Immense gratitude is owed to those forum members who have avoided these pitfalls and managed to uphold standards of clear thought and considerate expression that do them credit. As for the rest, it goes to show how much gratuitous hostility can be displayed while technically remaining within the guidelines of a forum that supposedly prides itself on civility.
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21 Feb 2017, 08:11 AM | #272 |
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Say it ain't so, communicant! Don't abandon us in our time of struggle. We need your clear, concise, cogent words to inspire us, to keep us fighting the good fight. As my childhood buddy, Billy "The Kid" Shakespeare, once told me when we were playing in the sandbox at our nursery school, "I am a kind of burr; I shall stick." We, all right-thinking persons, implore you to "stick"!
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24 Feb 2017, 12:01 PM | #273 |
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Yes please dont leave communicant!... Your a good member here @ EMD!!
Dont let whats going on elsewhere push you over....... This is very sad what they are doing but lets stick together |
24 Feb 2017, 12:40 PM | #274 |
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Though I am short on words, I entirely agree, communicant: your posts are important to me, for sure.
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25 Feb 2017, 12:29 AM | #275 | |
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When you categorize anyone with an opinion different than yours as illogical, shameless, mean, truly unpleasant, uncivil, and then praise anyone holding the same view as your own as being clear in thought, considerate, and holding high standards - you entrench your beliefs, polarize the debate, and you make no place for dialogue. This is what we see happening in the political system and it only goes to entrench personal feelings - to the point that people start marching and protesting all over the place. I get there are hard feelings about what's been done. But just because people disagree with your perspective, doesn't mean they are illogical, etc. Wisdom is trying to understand someone else's point of view, from their point of view, - then trying to approach them from where they are. I get that you are upset that things changed, but I really don't think anyone's been malicious in this whole thing. Sorry you have to find a new email provider. /cl |
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25 Feb 2017, 01:23 AM | #276 | ||
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ProfiMail for Symbian is a superb IMAP client, now free. The E-series PKB was the best, even has a Ctrl key. For use with today's SHA2 certs, this fix. Last edited by pjwalsh : 25 Feb 2017 at 02:55 AM. |
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26 Feb 2017, 12:01 AM | #277 | ||
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j/k, but seriously, the guy said nothing about only those who disagree with him doing bad things and those who agree being all good. |
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26 Feb 2017, 01:32 AM | #278 |
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Bottom line is if you don't like the available FM interface just move on to another service--easy peasy. I don't understand all the hand wringing. Companies change products all the time for a multitude of reasons, many of which will never be known to most of us. It's just email! Find another service provider to your liking.
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26 Feb 2017, 06:17 AM | #279 | |
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Why do they think BETTER is no good now and go out of thier way to make it worse?? (Not as user friendly and more) |
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26 Feb 2017, 06:35 AM | #280 | |
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26 Feb 2017, 03:56 PM | #281 | |
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26 Feb 2017, 04:20 PM | #282 |
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I'm outta here after June (been with Fastmail since 2002, too).
I simply can't stand working with the default interface (the worst is its tendency to grab my keyboard shortcuts for some user-unfriendly purpose - which is true of so many sites that require javascript). |
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26 Feb 2017, 10:32 PM | #285 |
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I haven't seen the new interface on FM, but IMHO every interface appears to be inferior to what you are used to. I have read of many people who hate Gmail, or hate Outlook.com, or who hate whatever when they try a new email service. Email is one of those things that you do every day and frequently so you quickly get very used to whatever interface you happen to be using, and when something changes it can seem unpleasant at first. Unfortunately, UI development seems to be far down the list of things most software providers put effort into. Personally, I don't think you could make Facebook's UI any worse than it is, yet look at the billions of people who use it happily every day.
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