I recently began using eM client 7 after taking a hiatus from using eM client 6 and, while I will say that I am impressed with most of the new features, I will stress that the interface in eM 7 is inferior to the interface in eM 6.
The menu bar in eM 6 was much better. There was no need for eM client to use a vertical menu bar which decreases the speed at which users can perform certain operations.
I am also having problems with the ‘category’ button. When I press the category button in the top menu I see a list of all the folders for that account instead of just the category labels used in eM client. However, when I press the category button that is located under the category column, I only see the list of eM specific categories. Why the discrepancy between the two?
It would also be better if accounts in the left menu could better be distinguished using the color scheme. Possibly by adding lines between accounts and allowing certain folders to be temporarily hidden.
I would strongly recommend allowing eM users to use a horizontal menu bar and increasing the amount of interface customization. I’ve been holding off on purchasing the program since I tried eM 6 last year because I thought that the next iteration would be better, but I’ve felt like eM 7 is a downgrade.
Conversation view is great though, so keep that.