One problem I've seen is that if I'm reading HTML mail, Delete by itself doesn't work. I have to use Cmd-Delete, which makes for an inconsistent user experience. Either Delete should work all the time, or not at all.
-Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Entourage Mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:34 PM Subject: Re: BUG: Don't need to cold Command key to delete message > On 11/15/01 12:17 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On or near 11/15/01 11:32 AM, Rick Mann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > > > >> This might be in Mac OS X, but I only need to press the delete key to delete > >> a message, even though the menu key-equivalent shown in the menu is > >> Command-Delete. > >> > >> I really prefer the safety net of having to hold Command to delete a > >> message, especially since the undo doesn't work well and reset as soon as > >> you switch folders. > >> > > This can be particularly irksome when you are reading an incoming message in > > its own window, forget to start a reply, and then begin to try to "edit" the > > incoming message by deleting some of its text...you select text, press the > > Delete key...and the <entire message> disappears! Of course, it only went to > > the Deleted Items folder, but newbies won't know that. And even when you do > > it is a PITN to have to switch folders, move the message back where it > > belongs, and re-open it. If the Command key were required, then you'd just > > get a "beep" because editing the message isn't allowed (unless you have > > clicked the "Edit" button, in which case the delete key DOES delete just the > > selected text). > > > > This needs to be on the "please fix" list for the next update. > > If I recall correctly, this is how it was in OE 4.5, and was changed to the > present behavior by popular request (along with cmd-D becoming "Duplicate" > rather than yet another "Delete") - or just perhaps only cmd-D was Delete, I > forget now. Anyway, lots of people said they didn't see why they needed the > command key to delete... A safety net does exist, if you don't get rid of > it: the window that comes up and says "Are you sure you want to delete?". > You can restore that in General Preferences --> Notification --> Reset > Confirmation Dialogs. > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To search the archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
