Re: A trial of FidoLook

Hello, James!
You wrote  on Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:49:01 -0400:

 JS> I'm normally very reluctant to use betas but, given the helpful
 JS> conversation with you, I decided to try FidoLook. It really does
 JS> what you say and as is claimed on the Web Page and I like it!

 JS> However, I would suggest to the authors that they spend some
 JS> time integrating it into Windows like QuoteFix if they really
 JS> want people to try it.
    I can bet that QuoteFix doing more "dark magic" to archive desired 
effect than FL do. In early days FL used the same methods to "integrate" 
itself into OE. Those days are long gone now. The way to think about FL is 
as program that uses OE components, not some code injected into OE process. 
It's more like Maxthon or Advant browsers use IE engine.

 JS>  I felt myself blind-folded, crossing my fingers, touching wood, hoping
 JS> my last backup was good and trusting in McAfee as I installed FidoLook
 JS> :-)  It is also disconcerting to have a button for Help that behaves in
 JS> a non-standard fashion and then produces zilch (g)! I even had to
 JS> place a shortcut on the desktop myself for the program.
    That was and still is original concept that Fl doesn't replace/patch any 
system files or registry. Only installation step required is extracting 
files into any desirable folder.

 JS> However, I do intend to use FidoLook for a week or two as my
 JS> normal entry to Outlook Express.
    Let us know how it goes.


With best regards, Konstantin Zadorozhny.
http://www.fidolook.org