On Jun 17, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Peter Buckley wrote: > I know mac products are designed for non-technical people and leave out most > common options, but can't they do something so simple and 1980's-esque as > filter on a field other than subject? > > I've been using gmail and have had a rule for the clojure group since I > signed up. I expect most other folks are likewise all set. No need to > inconvenience the N>>1 people who chose to use superior technology.
I sent my first email 35 years ago. I know about filtering into folders. I find it suboptimal for mailing lists I want to follow closely. I'm annoyed that you say filtering into folders is "superior". It's a choice you make, a choice that is not prevented by a subject-line tag that helps people who make a different choice. If you're reading with gmail folders, your objection to the proposed change is aesthetic. My objection to the current change is functional. In something as mundane as email, I privilege the functional over the aesthetic. The complaint about reading the mailing list on phones is valid. I do wonder how many people use phones as their main, workaday interface, and how much an extra inconvenience 9 characters is when they're already trying to view the world through a keyhole. ----- Brian Marick, Artisanal Labrador Now working at http://path11.com Contract programming in Ruby and Clojure Occasional consulting on Agile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
