On 12/19/00 10:49 AM, I wrote:
> I can verify that this happens on my Mac also. I thought at first it meant
> that the user did not have "Require confirmation when deleting" checked in
> General preferences, but I <do> have that checked, and yet the message
> gets deleted without any confirmation dialog.
>
> I would say this is a serious bug.
>
On second thought, I revise that: It's an action that takes the user by
surprise, and that endangers a message. Normally E'rage does not ask for
confirmation when simply moving a message to Deleted Items. That behavior
was undesirable when it existed (was it in early OE, or Emailer?), and I was
overjoyed when it was fixed. However, this is a unique case. When a user has
an incoming message open, selects text, and presses the Delete key, the odds
are he or she wants to delete the text, NOT the message.
I would suggest that one of two changes be made:
1. If a delete command is received with an open incoming message that is not
editable, ask for confirmation: "Do you really want to delete this message?"
OR, even better:
2. If a delete command is received with an open incoming message that is not
editable, AND some text in the message is selected, ask: "Do you wish delete
the entire message or just edit the text?" If the user responds by clicking
the Edit button, enable editing and delete the text; otherwise proceed with
deleting the message.
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