Re: Devin's effort

On 4/20/2015 10:38 AM, Brian Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have to prove to anyone that Thunderbird is slow and clumsy.
> It is slow and it is clumsy.

No it isn't. Yes, there are certain scenarios and circumstances where it
can be slow doing certain things, but it certainly is NOT in general.

I should know. We've been using it since about version 0.8, in a company
with 6-+ users, spanning the last 10+ years.

> If I take the time to explain to you the details of the clumsiness
> or slowness, all you will do is argue with me, which wastes
> everyone's time.

Great way to avoid having to actually take a few minutes to substantiate
your overly broad and general criticisms.

Maybe I would argue with you - maybe because there are a lot of things
that can happen to cause one particular user to experience problems that
others do not.

Profiles can get corrupt. Users can install buggy Addons. Users can
misinterpret certain situations - like the initial sync of a large IMAP
store - as a more general problem.

Bottom line is, one users one bad experience does not mean that it is
like  that for everyone, and if you can't see that, then I guess we'll
have to agree to disagree.

If I were to install Mulberry and encounter the weirdness that has been
described with Mulberry looking for certain temp files in the wrong
places, does that mean that Mulberry has these problems for everyone?

> I remember the line from a Marx Brothers movie. Groucho says "So who are 
> you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes?"

My own eyes - which have been using TB for many, many ears with only
occasional issues that I've always been able to resolve quickly and
painlessly (with one exception I already mentioned)...