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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2005Mail.app 2.0: Is it just me, or...?
...did Apple take away the Status Bar, so that the only way you can tell what Mail.app is doing is if you give up more screen space and open the "Activity Viewer" window? I liked seeing what the program was doing as I looked at my inbox. I've seen overall criticisms of Mail's new design, which doesn't bother me, but the apparent lack of something that used to be so useful sure bothers me. Can someone else provide confirmation as to the removal of the Status Bar? Thanks! -W. > ...did Apple take away the Status Bar, so that the only way you can tell > what Mail.app is doing is if you give up more screen space and open the > "Activity Viewer" window? I haven't installed Tiger yet. But Mail 1.x has a Show/Hide Status Bar command in the View menu. Maybe you accidentally typed Cmd-Opt-S and hid the status bar.  SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > ...did Apple take away the Status Bar, so that the only way you can tell > > what Mail.app is doing is if you give up more screen space and open the > > "Activity Viewer" window? > > I haven't installed Tiger yet. But Mail 1.x has a Show/Hide Status Bar > command in the View menu. Mail 2 doesn't. Signature"No urban night is like the night [in NYC]...here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will." - Ezra Pound, poet and critic, 9/18/1912, reflecting on New York City That's the first thing I looked for :) The command itself is gone from the view menu, and its keyboard shortcut produces nothing but an error beep. :( Thanks! -W. On 4/30/05 5:22 PM, in article barmar-64F100.20223030042005@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Barry Margolin" <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > I haven't installed Tiger yet. But Mail 1.x has a Show/Hide Status Bar > command in the View menu. Maybe you accidentally typed Cmd-Opt-S and > hid the status bar. > ...did Apple take away the Status Bar, so that the only way you can tell > what Mail.app is doing is if you give up more screen space and open the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Can someone else provide confirmation as to the removal of the Status Bar? Status is still there but it isn't a bar anymore. When checking for new mail, check the tiny spinning clock (?) next to your inbox. IMHO, Best new feature of mail 2.0 is the fact that all of your aliases are now available from the app and not just the web-page. > IMHO, Best new feature of mail 2.0 is the fact that all of your aliases > are now available from the app and not just the web-page. What aliases and web page are you talking about? SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > IMHO, Best new feature of mail 2.0 is the fact that all of your aliases > > are now available from the app and not just the web-page. > > What aliases and web page are you talking about? The one's you can create on the DotMac website for your account: http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmMail_t8.html Yes, I do see it appear briefly when checking mail, but it does not seem to duplicate the information provided by the status bar, such as the total number of messages in a mailbox (not just unread), or how many messages were in the process of downloading. Thanks! -W. On 4/30/05 5:25 PM, in article anon-4F4E2D.20253730042005@news.giganews.com, > Status is still there but it isn't a bar anymore. When checking for new > mail, check the tiny spinning clock (?) next to your inbox. > > IMHO, Best new feature of mail 2.0 is the fact that all of your aliases > are now available from the app and not just the web-page. |
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