What are the e-mail software designers thinking?

I've been using Eudora a lot more, and all I have to say is "Argh!" I am especially frustrated with Eudora. As far as I can tell, Eudora is exactly the same as it was six years ago when I started using it at Clemson, barring the addition of "mood watch" and the fact that their icons are supposed to be prettier now. The way Eudora handles the contact list is reprehensible. It's basically impossible to add someone to your address book without jumping through hoops. You can't just right click on a name and select "add to address book" like you can with Evolution. You can't even click on something like "More" and then add the person to your user book like you can with Gmail. No, you have to open the address book and then carefully copy and paste the e-mail address into it. To make matters worse, their name entry boxes are ridiculous. Why should I have to enter a person's full name, and then be forced to enter his first and last name?!! That's just stupid. How hard is it for them to figure that out and to give you the nickname slot?

Maybe I am just spoiled. Evolution really works pretty well. You can add someone to your contact list from any e-mail message, and you don't have to enter their names most of the time (if a name is attached to the e-mail address, as is usually the case these days, it just adds it for you. Then, from that screen, you have the option to edit the detailed information, adding nicknames, real addresses, and whatnot. It's a beautiful system.

Eudora should be ashamed.