Forget the MAJOR screw ups. Where are basic features like: Bold, Italics, Underline?

[emegmac]

Why not just write the message from the mail app if its is that important to you. The web app is meant for on the go. so they tried to keep it simple. I personally love that about it. If you need to write o your grandma do it from home.

Sounds like you just like to complain. Life really is not that bad.

 

[tallyho]

It's clearly not worth trying to make a reasoned point in this thread.
The fact is, though, that when people send rich text email and I view it in mail.app on my mac, it often looks screwed up - the font size is tiny or similar problems. If people send plain text email (and most people where I work, believe it or not, use a plain text email app on Unix) then the message shows up properly.
Now, given that leopard's Mail.app has those stationery templates (which I have never used) you would assume that rich text email is important to Apple, so I'm sure it'll show up in the iPhone client soon. In the mean time though, calm down and try to resist the urge to call people fools because they do not want to join in with your rant.

 

[aristobrat]

I just can't wrap my head around the idea that anyone should've looked at the feature list or videos and actually consciously scanned to see if those features were included or not. No other program or online webmail that I've ever used were missing these simple features, so you can technically place the blame on me, but I also feel it's a ridiculous thing to be missing.

The only reason I mentioned the video is because Apple typically makes them ahead of the launch of a product and they sometimes show features that were removed from the product at the last minute. I wasn't trying to insinuate that you should have watched the video more carefully before deciding to purchase, only that the videos didn't give me any indication that bold/italics/etc were features that were pulled at the last minute.

Sisko, let me sum it up by saying I agree 195% with everything you're saying...the problem is that you're trying to argue to Mac crowd that something on their Mac isn't perfect.

IMO, people are responding to the tone of the posts, not the actual issue.

 

[Macsterguy]

Remember...

Remember... most people on the planet (95% or so) are going to be reading your email using a windows box with some version of IE or their local email client.

It has been my experience... when I write a beautifully crafted email from my Mac's mail app (using rich text), the resulting email will look really bad when viewed on the other end 95% of the time. Sending it to another Mac looks great.

I assume this is due to incompatible fonts and font substitution between platforms. I have tried this myself using various fonts etc. For this reason, it is best to use plain text in email. What you see is what you get.

 

[clevin]

Remember... most people on the planet (95% or so) are going to be reading your email using a windows box with some version of IE or their local email client.

It has been my experience... when I write a beautifully crafted email from my Mac's mail app (using rich text), the resulting email will look really bad when viewed on the other end 95% of the time. Sending it to another Mac looks great.

I assume this is due to incompatible fonts and font substitution between platforms. I have tried this myself using various fonts etc. For this reason, it is best to use plain text in email. What you see is what you get.

you missed the points, font will change, yes, but something won't.

such as bold, italic, size.

if mail.app can't even do this right, then its a dud and people should stop using it.

 

[GoCubsGo]

I'd like to believe that even if I am not a fairly intelligent person, I can craft an e-mail beautifully to get my point across without having to use text decoration. However, in my professional experience I have found that there are often times when simple decoration is necessary.

Deadlines are often set in bold so the reader is aware when something is due. When you manage a group of people who work remotely you don't have the opportunity to communicate outside of e-mail and phone (most of the time), therefore, if you're trying to get your point across sometimes it is necessary to bullet point or bold something. Doing so doesn't make any one person more or less intelligent as far as I'm concerned.

The OP has a point, albeit angry and further fueled by others in this thread, but he has a point. I also happen to know many people, if given a decent web-based e-mail app (gmail) will stop using a desktop e-mail client. I know that for the most part I haven't launched my mail app in ages. I was hoping that in due time MobileMe would become a service I would use more, thus making my $100/year purchase worth my while, we're almost there. The exclusion of simple features however is weak, as said by someone else. And no, my troll hat isn't on.

 

[Macsterguy]

Maybe I did but...

you missed the points, font will change, yes, but something won't.

such as bold, italic, size.

if mail.app can't even do this right, then its a dud and people should stop using it.

My point is this... 95% of the worlds pc's have it right. 5% have it wrong (apple).

Font will not stop me from using a more secure platform (for now).