Courtesy of my newly licensed copy of Zengobi's Curio, I have created a rough mockup of an answering machine-like functionality idea I had a while back.
Posted by Membranophonist at March 26, 2004 11:43 PM | TrackBackThat would be slick. I want, I want!
Posted by: Eli Sarver at March 27, 2004 02:06 PMThe problem of integrating email could maybe solved by integrating the functionality you describe in Mail (which should maybe then be renamed Message ^_^)? Maybe it would overload Mail too much? Maybe it would be seen as yet another monopolistic step from Apple?
Posted by: UBiK at March 27, 2004 03:03 PMThe e-mail/messaging intersection problem is a serious one. I'd really prefer one interface for managing incoming correspondence, but it seems to me that it would require platform-vendor level effort to make it happen. There are many great features found in third-party e-mail and IM applications, but at some point having messaging functionality spread over several apps isn't going to make sense.
As I alluded to in the mockup link tooltip, most users don't want to manage multiple inboxes. It's a hassle.
Posted by: Daniel J. Wilson at March 27, 2004 04:04 PM