Comments on: Message Center http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2004/03/26/message-center/ Interaction and interface design, technology, politics, music, and random thoughts... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eli Sarver http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2004/03/26/message-center/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Eli Sarver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.wilsonet.com/wp-login.php/wp-admin/archives/category/meta-data/archives/category/wp-images/smilies/feed/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/16/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/03/archives/2003/11/01/feed/archives/2004/02/archives/2004/03/26/m#comment-110 That would be slick. I want, I want! That would be slick. I want, I want!

]]> By: UBiK http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2004/03/26/message-center/comment-page-1/#comment-111 UBiK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.wilsonet.com/wp-login.php/wp-admin/archives/category/meta-data/archives/category/wp-images/smilies/feed/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/16/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/03/archives/2003/11/01/feed/archives/2004/02/archives/2004/03/26/m#comment-111 The 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? The 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?

]]> By: Daniel J. Wilson http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2004/03/26/message-center/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Daniel J. Wilson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.wilsonet.com/wp-login.php/wp-admin/archives/category/meta-data/archives/category/wp-images/smilies/feed/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/16/wp-images/smilies/archives/2004/02/03/archives/2003/11/01/feed/archives/2004/02/archives/2004/03/26/m#comment-112 The e-mail/messaging intersection problem is a serious one. I'd really prefer <em>one</em> 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. The 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.

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