Comments on: Thunderbird 1.0 is out http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan M. Hollin (DarkBlue) http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/#comment-9957 Jonathan M. Hollin (DarkBlue) Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:18:24 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1009#comment-9957 I agree with you JC, and I realise it's export only (that's why I wrote "out of Thunderbird"). It's not an ultimate solution but it's a good hack that could become even more useful if someone figures out how to do an import. I agree with you JC, and I realise it’s export only (that’s why I wrote “out of Thunderbird”). It’s not an ultimate solution but it’s a good hack that could become even more useful if someone figures out how to do an import.

]]> By: JC http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/#comment-9956 JC Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:15:03 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1009#comment-9956 it's nice that you can export... but that's export only, not import... and one really should not have to run a perl script simply to use a piece of software that has nothing to do with perl, no? thanks for the link, though! it’s nice that you can export… but that’s export only, not import… and one really should not have to run a perl script simply to use a piece of software that has nothing to do with perl, no?
thanks for the link, though!

]]> By: Jonathan M. Hollin (DarkBlue) http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/#comment-9955 Jonathan M. Hollin (DarkBlue) Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:06:55 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1009#comment-9955 You can get OPML out of Thunderbird JC, see: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6038" rel="nofollow">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6038</a> You can get OPML out of Thunderbird JC, see: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6038

]]> By: JC http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/#comment-9954 JC Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:14:28 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1009#comment-9954 That's bull. Thunderbird should certainly support OPML. Just about every news reader out there exports your feed list to OPML format so you can import it elsewhere or use it in web applications. It's not a competing standard to RSS as you seem to be implying. Come on! You can either add all of your RSS feeds by hand, one at a time, through their fairly clunky interface... or you can import everything from your current reader in 30 seconds. Which would you choose? If they're going to position Thunderbird as an RSS reader as well as a mail and newsgroup reader, that's a must-have function. That’s bull. Thunderbird should certainly support OPML. Just about every news reader out there exports your feed list to OPML format so you can import it elsewhere or use it in web applications. It’s not a competing standard to RSS as you seem to be implying.
Come on! You can either add all of your RSS feeds by hand, one at a time, through their fairly clunky interface… or you can import everything from your current reader in 30 seconds. Which would you choose? If they’re going to position Thunderbird as an RSS reader as well as a mail and newsgroup reader, that’s a must-have function.

]]> By: minghong http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/thunderbird_10_is_out/#comment-9953 minghong Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:48:14 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1009#comment-9953 OPML/OML is not a very well-designed standard. Did you read the OPML/OML specification? OPML/OML never gains popularity as high as RSS. There is nothing wrong for Thunderbird to not support OPML/OML. OPML/OML is not a very well-designed standard. Did you read the OPML/OML specification? OPML/OML never gains popularity as high as RSS.

There is nothing wrong for Thunderbird to not support OPML/OML.

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