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Mozilla has done a great job on Firefox and I was convinced that Eudora would make a giant step forward.... but I am having my doubts that there is a serious effort being made to bring Eudora out. How about some information?? | Mozilla has done a great job on Firefox and I was convinced that Eudora would make a giant step forward.... but I am having my doubts that there is a serious effort being made to bring Eudora out. How about some information?? | ||
== 2 years lost == | |||
Dear gentlemen, | |||
I'm engineer not a programmer, but looking at the progress of work on this project, my conclusion is you'r wasting time. Sorry to tell you this. | |||
My questions (and answers are): | |||
- What do we have in the team: 5 pcs. top noch programmer (including original developper), including 1 pcs. Project Manager... | |||
- What is the result after 2 years: a poorelly implemented Tbird skin with (some)Eudora Icons - almost nothing from former Eudora functions. | |||
I think you all together missing the point, and overlook the forest because of too many trees. If I'd be this team's Project Manager then: | |||
'''A. I'd set the priorities:''' | |||
1. Scope of Project: produce a working client with Eudora look & feel starting from interface. | |||
2. Add to it Unicode Support (main bug) | |||
3. Clone the existing functions / features of the defunct Eudora one by one from simple to more sophisticated. | |||
4. At the end... start thinking / talking about new features. | |||
'''B. I'd check my ressources''' | |||
1. re-usable Eudora Code (if any - if not start from scratch) | |||
2. TBird code (if fits my scope - if not just discard it) | |||
3. External code ressources: look at Sourceforge | |||
4. Own human ressources - see above | |||
5. External human ressources: TBird hackers | |||
'''C. Set my goals, strategy & time schedule''' | |||
1. With above ressources, and with some sound thinking, in 2 years should be already a client at the level of former Eudora Version 4.0. | |||
2. Instead fiddling to repare something broken, it's easyer to make it new. Did the original author forgot where he started from? | |||
3. In case I'd encounter obstructions from old Mozilla / TBird hackers, then I'd separate from them. SorceForge is good place to host the project. | |||
Look at what the ppl wants: NOBODY wants an overpainted TBird, but an Eudora clone. I guarantee you, every other option they won't accept, and change maybe to Foxmail or Oedipus. If you let them waiting too long, they'll forget you. | |||
One more thing... can't you change this cluttered discussion board to a more organized Wiki, or is it also a dinosaurier (Mozilla) relic? | |||
Ok. This is what I had to say. And as Steve Dorner said years ago "Flames you can send to the [snip] /dev/null. | |||
thanks | |||
rgds | |||
Oldie (15 years of Eudora) | |||