Mail versus Thunderbird: Which do you prefer?

I was not content with Mail, so I just downloaded Thunderbird. I'm just wondering what others think of both products.

I was not content with Mail, so I just downloaded
Thunderbird. I'm just wondering what others think of
both products.
I downloaded Thunderbird for the newsreader. I haven't bothered trying to use it for e-mail, though, because I have been happy enough with Mail.app for now. I would like, however, to have a Mac newsreader integrated with the rest of the software, e.g. Mail, Address Book, etc. I have also been disappointed that Mail.app seems to base its threading solely on the contents of the "Subject:" field, apparently ignoring "Thread-Index:". I'm also having a hard time figuring out how to achieve that which MS Outlook calls Auto Archive. It's easy enough to create a Smart Mailbox to collect all mail of a certain age but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to then have that mailbox automatically emptied.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Yahoo! Mail Vs. Gmail Which do you prefer & why?

I’m in the process of transferring my exchange email account with 1and1.com to either Gmail or Y!mail since it’s not working properly with the iPhone (i.e. Delete an email on the iPhone and it’s not removing it from the server).
I’d like to get feedback from people that have either account, and why they like it?
Features I’m looking for…
1.Catch all email account
2.Ability or future ability to sync with outlook Calendar, Contacts and email
3.Most of all, when you delete an email on the iPhone it deletes it off the account
4.Ability to use various sent from addresses and use them on the iphone
*I’ll just have email forwarded to my Gmail or Y!mail via my .com’s
Thanks in advance!

I was not content with Mail, so I just downloaded
Thunderbird. I'm just wondering what others think of
both products.
I downloaded Thunderbird for the newsreader. I haven't bothered trying to use it for e-mail, though, because I have been happy enough with Mail.app for now. I would like, however, to have a Mac newsreader integrated with the rest of the software, e.g. Mail, Address Book, etc. I have also been disappointed that Mail.app seems to base its threading solely on the contents of the "Subject:" field, apparently ignoring "Thread-Index:". I'm also having a hard time figuring out how to achieve that which MS Outlook calls Auto Archive. It's easy enough to create a Smart Mailbox to collect all mail of a certain age but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to then have that mailbox automatically emptied.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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This question has been asked and answered countless times.
See this thread for an answer.
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Which do you prefer - Bootcamp or Parallels ?

What is the major difference between these two and which do you prefer on your system ?
Do you have to partition for both and how much do they recommend as a minimum for partition size ?

Bootcamp and Parallels both have different values to me so its hard to judge.
If youneed direct access to firewire devices (Firewire sound or video) Parallels ain't gonna do it for ya as there is no device interface level firewire support
Parallels being just a virtual machine does not have its own native file system. Instead it emulates a filesystem on a hard disk. It does this by creating a big file on the hard disk in the Mac OS X filesystem and that big file is treated as the hard disk in the virtual machine. With that in mind you don't need to do any partitioning of your OSX system to install parallels. Parallels as a virtual machine application is not revolutuionary and in my opinion is no better or worse than Virtual PC or VMWare in their repective hosted environments. I lot of the giddy-up surrounding Parallels was pure hype. Don't get me wrong its a good product and I use it. I just don't it as the next coming of the antimicrosoft savior.
BootCamp on the other side provides a capable fast Win-XP system. It does require a seperate partition but installing Bootcamp will allow you to configure that. MacDrive 6 allows you to access your HFS drives in windows XP so both O/Ses have read write access to both file systems. OSX natively only has read access to NTFS Partitions. You have to run Fat32 to allow OSX to read _and write_ to it. Win-XP will natively restrict you to 32GB size for FAT32 even though you can create larger prtitions in other applications. I have sucessfully done so as an act of futility, but if you want a simple setup environment then keep your XP partition under 32GB.
I came from a PC environment and wound up setting up XP several times to get partitioning right. I will be resetting again in a week or two to reduce my XP partition in size as I find I use OSX more than XP. Without doubt my XP setup is the fastest laptop environment I have ever used run /seen and use it almost exclusively to run Traktor DJ software as it doesn't run well at all under Rosetta and universal binaries are 3-4 months off.
Bootcamp gives you near full device level access to all the Mac hardware devices Built in sound and the camera being two that need work and apple note it in their release notes for bootcamp. Everything else including Firewire works great.
At the end of the day I use both but thus far don't use Parallels too much at all. Both have their own advantages.
Phil

Which do you prefer: Increasing exposure or adjusting the tone curve?

I'd like to know how people here handle their images.
I use a Nikon D7100 in camera RAW. In camera my images are always in balance. In LR, if I select Auto Tone in Basics invariably it will adjust the exposure. I tend to adjust exposure near last in my workflow because I assume my camera had the exposure setting right. When I feel I need to adjust the exposure my first stop is the Tone Curve. I'm wondering a couple of things:
1) I know we edit by the specifics of each photo, but generally do you make adjustments to Exposure or the Tone Curve first?
2) Is there a reason or a time to prefer one over the other?
Thanks,

My recommendation:
(note: I am interpreting "exposure", in your question, to mean "dynamic range at right wall of histogram", i.e. white point)
Adjust basics exposure first (before tone/point curve), but note: you may not be able to go all the way using the exposure slider. Next stop (if necessary): +whites, but note: it may not be optimal to go all the way using whites. Final stop (if necessary): cinch in the the exposure by dragging white point to the left via the point curve.
Rationale: basics have some intelligence and magic that tone curve does not. If you do tone curve first, you've missed some opportunities..
Still a begging question: how much exposure vs. whites vs. tone curve (point curve).
Note: go easy on the contrast at first, and assure blacks are sufficiently seated using blacks slider (and maybe tone/point curve).
Likewise, cranking whites up will increase global contrast, so if you take a shot at blacks and whites before contrast, then you may avoid a common mistake: radically wrong contrast due to adjusting before establishing ballpark black & white slider values.
Anyway, be aware that increased PV2012 exposure (and/or whites) is designed to be used with -highlights (note: there is no "brightness" slider), and to avoid making things too washed out (or over-jamming the highlights) it may be desirable to substitute +whites and/or +shadows for some +exposure.
Note: tones may gang up (on the right side of the histogram) in a non-optimal way when using +exposure and/or +whites, in which case it may be better to use point curve for white point adjustment (e.g. leftward drag). For example, sometimes the whites will be overly compressed if you don't bring white point in on the curve instead.
Rules of thumb:
Most of my normal photos end up with:
+exposure (to fully brighten)
+whites (for full dynamic range without excessive exposure setting)
-highlights (for dialing back +exposure and/or +whites)
+shadows (so -blacks and doesn't leave image with overly dark shadows)
-blacks (for full dynamic range without needing as much contrast)
*contrast: depends - if overly contrasty to begin with (or a lot of -blacks and/or +whites are employed), this usually gets dialed back; if underly contrasty to begin with (or +blacks and/or -whites have been employed), this usually gets bumped up.
(for abnormal photos or when desiring abnormal results - anything goes..).
Other common mistakes (in addition to wrong contrast and/or non-optimal balance between exposure & whites..):
trying to recover highlights via -whites. try -highlights (and maybe +whites) before -whites.
Warning signs:
if you have very high values for +shadows and -highlights, you may have contrast set too high.
if you have a positive value for highlights, you may have contrast/exposure/whites too low.
if you have a negative value for shadows, you may have contrast too low, or blacks/exposure too high.
Miscellaneous:
Try +clarity and +saturation (and/or +vibrance) to pump it up, if reduced contrast and/or increased exposure has left it looking a little washed out.. (likewise, -saturation if +contrast has left it looking a little too "rich"..).
You already know this, but for the sake of completeness (and other readers): you can learn by clicking 'Auto Tone' "button". You may need to dial back the exposure afterward etc. but it can be very educational none-the-less..
Of course, you can always fine-tune tone using tone curve (e.g. if image is just way overbright, like some snow shots, try tugging the midpoint downward..).
Don't forget the locals for final spot toning.
In case you haven't gleaned yet, adjusting via PV2012 is not the same as you might think at first - you don't just set exposure/black/white points and leave them, and then adjust everything else. e.g. -highlights pulls white point down more than -whites does (but +whites brings white point back up, which means you usually need to adjust in tandem..), so be prepared for a lot of back n' forth, to lessen with experience..
PS - There are tutorial videos galore, but at the risk of opposing Adobe and their sycophants, be forewarned: some are geared to how they wished PV2012 was (simple), and not to how it really is (interdependent image-dependent settings..) - examples:
top-down is touted, but that ignores black/white point issues which can lead to radically wrong contrast (and/or exposure) setting.
often, adjustment of blacks is considered optional/fine-tuning, but blacks sometimes need large value adjustment, and dramatically impacts contrast & shadow brightness..
often, adjustment of whites is considered optional/fine-tuning, but sometimes optimal toning can only be had by using a large whites value adjustment, which dramatically impacts contrast, and exposure..
cteavin wrote:
I tend to adjust exposure near last in my workflow because I assume my camera had the exposure setting right.
In case not clear yet, adjusting exposure and/or whites (and/or white point on curve) and all the rest is often done to turn an image "with potential" into a very nice image, not just to compensate for in-camera exposure imperfection. I have lots of under-exposed images that end with -exposure (granted, usually +whites), and vice-versas.. That said, if you don't know whether to crank it up or down, there is something to be said for passing until you do..
Lastly, for emphasis: exposure slider is an intelligent slider. It behaves more like normal exposure adjusters at lower values, and more like brightness adjusters at higher values (has clipping protection and highlight roll-off logic which kicks in as you crank it up..). So, it's a mistake to think of adjusting it just to make up for non-optimal camera exposure setting.
Sorry for verbose answer, but there is really no short answer which doesn't run the risk of being bad advice: best way to adjust "exposure" depends...
Cheers,
Rob

Need feedback. updating old site, which do you prefer?

Hi,
Attached are two screenshots. Number 1, is my old site, Number 2 is what I was designing as a replacement. Could you please comment on which you prefer and why, IE what you like, don't like, etc.
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Thanks!
existing
update

Stan,
So are you saying you don't like the cleaner simpler top?
No: I like either, I find both of them powerful and lively.
Do you mean to have some of the blueish green from the top, overlay onto the white mainbody? Do you mean that it should spill into the mainbody?
Indeed, something to that effect; I just imagined it as showing through a partial transparency of the mainbody.

Which do you prefer--Canon 75-300mm or 55-250mm lens????????

I am getting the canon eos rebel xs in a month and am planning on getting a 2nd lens but cant decide between the 75-300 or 55-250? are they the same or is there a complete difference? which one do you prefer?

GreenGablesJes wrote:
I am getting the canon eos rebel xs in a month and am planning on getting a 2nd lens but cant decide between the 75-300 or 55-250? are they the same or is there a complete difference? which one do you prefer?
Assuming they have the same aperture range, most likely the 55-250 will be a bit smaller/lighter.
Other than that, the only real difference is that the 55-250 will start at a slightly wider angle and won't go to as great of an extreme telephoto range.
There might be some image quality differences, but you'll need to look at some lens review sites for that kind of information.
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Email programs: Mac 2.0.7 verses Eudora for Mac??? which do you prefer

I can get Eudora for Mac free through school. Is there any advantage to Eudora over the Mac email that came with my Powerbook? Eudora seems to have a few extra features (plus I'm familiar with it. Eudora seems a bit more complicated, but I use email a lot for my work and need a good program.
Any input/opinions/experience appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric

Eudora has more priority codes so you don't have to manage e-mails by mailboxes as much as you would with Mail (though Mail does have a red flag for priorities). I haven't used it since it started having the anti-spam filtering like Apple's Mail, but the last I used its free version for the Mac you had to sacrifice features like spelling, or take an advertising window which frequently filled the hard drive with so many advertisements the program unexpectedly quit. The interface certainly is a matter of taste, and I for one prefer Mail's one window approach over Eudora's separate window approach. Eudora Lite 3.1.3L was one of the better free versions of Eudora which did not have advertisements, and easier to control whether or not you saw e-mail headers. I really suggest you visit http://www.eudora.com/ and ask to see if a feature of Eudora can be duplicated by Mail that you like. If it can't then go ahead and get Eudora.

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Creating an Action object or ActionListeners, for multiple components?
I like ActionListeners. Action objects seem unnecessary.

There are places for both, but I like using Actions a lot.
The idea of Action is to encapulate an action (duh). ActionListener doesn't do this.
The benefit of this is that you can then easily switch / share your Action between a button or a MenuItem, or just call it yourself.
In general, I think an ActionListener's implementation should be a 1 line call to a method in the class; almost all the time it is wrong to do more than this in your action listener.
Personally, I used Action in my KeyboardCommands class; ActionListener would be all wrong for this purpose.

If i delete mail in G-mail than automatically delete in Thunderbird, How can I prevent from this there is any solution to remain mail in thunderbird?

If i delete mail in G-mail than automatically delete in Thunderbird, How can I prevent from this there is any solution to remain mail in thunderbird?

If you have a gmail IMAP mail account, you need to understand tht you are remotely viewing the server folders, so basically the folders you see in Thunderbird are the same folders you see when you use webmail - (logon to google account via browser).
If you want to delete emails off the server, but keep those specific emails accessible in Thunderbird, then you need to move/copy them from the Thunderbird IMAP gmail mail account and store them in Local Folders account in suitably created folders before you delete them from the IMAP mail account.

Maps - which do you use?

Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps vs. MapQuest vs. Microsoft Live
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Which do you prefer and why?
Dan

I built a "locator" application for the hobby I'm heavily
involved with
(flying model helicopters) that utilises map technology and
the decision
there was based on which maps looked the best for my own
location...
I went with Microsoft Maps (Virtual Earth) because the level
of detail was
better at the time of my choice.
It may still be - I can't be bothered checking right now :)
I found the online documentation to be very good - easy to
follow, copy
paste and tweak code, play for a while then launch the app
pretty quickly.
I agree with Patty on the directions thing though - it might
not be the best
set of directions you can get, but that really applies to all
direction
software IMO...
You can see my app in action here:
http://www.tenzeroten.com/locator/index.asp
Select a location from the list, click the button and wait
for the next page
to oad - this is my only gripe... the JS powering the map API
is obviously
quite large, so it can take a while to load in. I'm not sure
if there's a
workaround for that either. (Note: this "club locator" does
not contain all
available clubs - just those that have bothered to add their
details to the
system so far).
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Rob
http://robgt.com

Which one do you prefer for 2.1 Stereo Speak

I am planning to buy a Creative Sound card for my Streo 2. Speakers but don't know which of Creative EXTERNAL solution will sound better and blast my bass when i connect it to my notebook to streo speaker.Which one do you prefer ? Thanks.

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So, which method of powersaving do You prefer?

I just got a new laptop and I'm currently looking into my powersaving script again to see how much battery life I can squeeze out. I'm reading up on alot of things and just came across three different methods to achieve the same, e.g. enable powersaving:
1. You can pass the options through modprobe at boot;
2. You can pass the options directly to the kernel at boot;
3. You can set them at runtime
For example, USB autosave can be enabled in either of the following methods:
1. /etc/modprobe.d/usbcore.conf
options usbcore autosuspend=1
2. Kernel boot options (ie. in grub's menu.lst):
usbcore.autosuspend=1
3. At runtime, per device, with:
for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend; do echo 1 > $i; done
for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/level; do echo auto > $i; done
Now I'm curious, which way do you prefer and why? I think I would prefer setting them all at runtime, just so I have all the different options (including those that can not be set by modprobe or directly at the kernel) grouped together in a script - but perhaps you can convince me of the better way!
EDIT: Oh, and of course there also are udev rules! Of course, kernel parameters and modprobe values do not enable toggling, so these might be less favored.
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Honestly, I just did what powertop told me to do. So, at the time, I just googled things one by one, but I have since found out that you can output an html file from powertop that will tell you what to write to which files in order to set them to to "good".
It highly depends on your system and what modules and hardware you have. So it is rather pointless to simply copy and paste the numerous configurations here. But in general, if the option/file shown by powertop is a in /sys/module typically there is a parameter that can be set when the module loads. So in those cases, you can use /etc/modprobe.d. For the others, you can typically just use udevadm to do an attribute walk and get a few parameters to individualize a given setting, and then of course set the actual file in question.
Here is an example of what I use to set the satalink power management:
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% cat /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf
options snd_hda_intel powersave=1
I guess the only other thing that I forgot to mention was a few sysctl.d (formerly sysctl.conf) settings that are recommended by powertop as well. I know off the top of my head that it recommends you set /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode to '5'.

Canon EOS-1D X vs. EOS-5D MK III - Which camera do you prefer ?

Canon has two excellent full frame cameras occupying their higher end of the DSLR market. They are the EOS-1D X and the EOS-5D MK III. I have been using Canon equipment for about 25 years now and started with the EOS-1 series when it first came out in 1989 and the EOS-5 series when it first appeared on the market in 2005.
I am a Wildlife and Travel photographer and have used both cameras extensively out in the field. The two questions I get asked the most are, which is a better camera and which one do you prefer? My answers are always the same two questions, what type of photography are you shooting and how much do you want to spend? This analysis will not have photos, charts and graphs and assumes the reader is already familiar with Canon equipment. It will get straight to the point on my opinion of the two cameras from the viewpoint of a photographer out on photo shoots.
First, let us compare the major specs of the two cameras, EOS-1D X vs. EOS-5D MK III :
Sensor Resolution : 18.1 MP vs. 22.3 MP
ISO Sensitivity : 100 - 204800 vs. 100 - 102400
Processors : Dual DIGIC 5+ and 1 DIGIC 4 vs. One DIGIC 5+
Recording Media : Two CF slots vs. One CF and One SD slot
Viewfinder : 0.76X vs. 0.71X
Burst Rate : 14 fps vs. 6 fps
Autofocus : 61-AF points vs. 61-AF points
Cycle Count : 400,000 vs. 150,000
DxOMark Sensor Score : Overall - 82 vs. 81
Low Light Performance : 2786 ISO vs. 2293 ISO
Weight and Dimension : 6.2 x 6.4 x 3.3 @ 3.37 lbs vs. 6.0 x 4.6 x 3.0 @ 2.1 lbs.
List price : $6,799 vs. $3,499
Both cameras are excellent performers out in the field. The 1D X is completely weather sealed and can stand up to most conditions. AF is lighting fast and high ISO performance are superb and as you can see from the specifications above, they are almost evenly matched in performance but the EOS-1D X edges out the EOS-5D MK III in Sensor Score, Low Light Performance, burst rate and cycle count, while the 5D MK III has an edge in pixel count. So, going back to the original questions posed to me :
Q : Which is a better camera ?
A : They are both great cameras in their own right. If you are primarily a Wildlife photographer, the obvious choice is the EOS-1D X. It comes through for me under extreme conditions with little fuss and stands up to harsh use but if you are into Portrait and Landscape photography, the higher megapixel count in the 5D MK III will allow a slightly more robust cropping and lends itself to very big photo prints.
Q : Which camera do you prefer ?
A : If I were strictly a Landscape or Portrait photographer, I will pick the EOS-5D MK III. A photographer shooting both Wildlife and Landscape/Travel will do better with the EOS-1D X.
Q : Which camera is the better value (price dependent) ?
A : Without a doubt, I have picked the EOS-5D MK III as the best value in full frame DSLR camera on the market today.
Q : Which is a better camera, overall ?
A : Without another doubt, the EOS-1D X excels in all categories but at a price some may not want to, or cannot afford. Good, used ones will appear on the market eventually.
Q : Which camera would you buy (price dependent) ?
A : The Canon EOS-1D X represents the pinnacle of Canon's camera technology. There is really no substitute to shoot with the latest 1D. The performance, feel and ruggedness of the camera exudes confidence. I have not bought the EOS-5D MK III because I still own the original 5D and I have the EOS-1Ds MK III as well. So, there is little room in my equipment bag for another full frame camera but the price of the 5D MK III is now down to $2,600 on eBay (limited quantity) and is tempting me by the day.
For full details on each camera's specifications, visit the Canon USA website. For a detailed analysis on the EOS-1D X, visit this page. You can visit MichaelDanielHo.com to see photos taken with all the cameras.

I went through the same drill - came down to $3300 extra for 14 vs 6 fps. I bought the 5DIII.

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When upgrade 9.2 to 10.1 or 10.1 upgrade 10.2, which approach do you prefer, DBUA, manual ipgrade, export/import or data copying? Oracle document suggests to use DBUA, but from your experience, does it convince and why?
Thank you for sharing,

For me, It depends of the database size and business constraints.
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If time is a constraint and the DB is big I'd run DBUA. but remember that DBUA also has limitation, for example you will net be able to upgrade an Oracle DB 7.X to 10G using DBUA.
Hope this helps,

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