Hello Jan, On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:19:22 -0400 GMT (28/09/02, 22:19 +0700 GMT), Jan Rifkinson wrote:
JR> A valid point but I think lobbying for something that already JR> exists in a different form sort of belongs in the dept. of JR> redundancy dept. Most functions in TB exist in several forms. How do you reply to a message? Do you use the mouse or ctrl-enter? How do you create a new message: Open the AB first, or click on the New Message icon and then look for the address? It is possible to change the subject (or any other part) of an incoming message, yes. Especially with Allie's filter it is not really difficult any more. But then, why not have a button that does the same thing, but in one step, increasing ease-of-use? JR> Dumbed down, like television network fare in the U.S. is a product JR> that tries to please the lowest common denominator. I just don't JR> buy this approach. What do you thing about increasing usability? Does that qualify as dumbing down a product? If so, I am against labelling buttons correctly, or using buttons at all. The user might find them useful and will get dumb. JR> TB! is always going to be a niche product -- hopefully a big JR> enough niche to reward its developers -- and there is no reason, JR> IMO, to turn it into something that its not. While James gave the example of his office, I think also non-office users (emailoholics come to mind) might find such a feature in TB useful. JR> Look, its only a matter of philosophy. I enjoy this sort of JR> exercise but I agree w you that one of the moderators will JR> probably jump in [& rightfully so] & ask that this thread go JR> elsewhere. I think this is still very TB related, though. ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. "I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10) Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
