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14 Feb 2017, 12:46 PM | #227 |
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I cannot understand the purpose of phasing out a very popular interface for one that is not as user friendly.
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14 Feb 2017, 02:14 PM | #228 |
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The back end has trouble running the old classic UI an the current together, if you write a script for one UI it then stuffs up the other one if you are not careful.
Perhaps they should throw them both away and come up with something we would all enjoy using. |
14 Feb 2017, 03:32 PM | #229 |
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I cannot understand this decision, either, sheprd. The pooh-bahs at FastMail might consider the resulting criticism a "tempest" in a teapot, or "much ado about nothing." I certainly don't. Billy Shakespeare once said to me, "All's well that ends well." I sure hope my good friend was right. But so far this "winter's tale" has been nothing but a "comedy of errors"!
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15 Feb 2017, 01:43 AM | #230 |
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Why is it so hard to understand? Very few customers use the Classic UI, and it's time-consuming for them to maintain 2 interfaces.
When they created the new/current UI, they could've immediately pulled the plug on the old one, but instead gave us several years of overlap, of dual support while we each make the transition. While there are things I'll miss from the old UI, I've taken the time over the last year to migrate myself to the current UI. The only time I now log in to the old UI is when I send an email with a message-read/delivered request. (And FM says they plan to bring that feature over to the current UI soon.) As has been discussed in this thread, perhaps a good migration path for those seeking an experience similar to the Classic UI, might be to find another webmail provider somewhere (or find a Roundcube server) that has the low-frills low-bandwidth elements of FM's Classic UI, but can also establish IMAP or POP connections to outside email providers, to access your FastMail and read it there. |
15 Feb 2017, 11:02 AM | #231 |
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What data do you have that suggests that the Classic Interface is "very popular", and what about the new interface is not user friendly? From what I've read in the forums, (a select few) people have complained about missing functionality and over simplifying, but I've never heard that the new interface is not user friendly.
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15 Feb 2017, 11:10 AM | #232 |
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It's not friendly to this user.
It refuses to work at all on my device. |
15 Feb 2017, 11:21 AM | #233 |
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15 Feb 2017, 11:38 AM | #234 |
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On my Nokia C2-01, which runs the Symbian operating system,
classic.fastmail.com works fine, but fastmail.com gives this message: "Sorry, your browser does not support the technologies needed to use our web interface. Please make sure you have the latest version, and that JavaScript is enabled." |
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15 Feb 2017, 12:24 PM | #236 |
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Yes, UC is one of several browsers that I have installed; and no, the new interface doesn't work on it. Thank you for the suggestion, though.
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15 Feb 2017, 08:28 PM | #237 | |
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That said, symbian natively sports imap. Given that your is is completely out of support, and you aren't getting updates,and no latest technologies are supported, and the size of your screen, imap would work much better. Seriously, did you regularly access the classical interface on that little tiny screen? Was it *really* possible to use that to read email with the web interface? Symbian was abandoned in 2014 your platform has not been developed for in 3 years. Fastmail can't possibly keep support for all outdated devices. Last edited by ChinaLamb : 15 Feb 2017 at 11:54 PM. |
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15 Feb 2017, 08:56 PM | #238 |
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New ASLR-busting JavaScript is about to make drive-by exploits much nastier
If this is as big a deal at it is made out to be in the article, having a non-Javascript interface available may become a selling point again. |
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15 Feb 2017, 10:21 PM | #240 |
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Successful IT people can be arrogant, and arrogance can make people blind.
If you (the reader) are successful but not arrogant, you have nothing to fear from my comment. On the other hand, if you reply defensively, as if it was meant for you, it might be an admission of culpability. Arrogant people do themselves a favour and pretend to ignore this post, lest they'd be found out. Everyone else, move on. |
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