I have to weigh in on the "make it command-delete" side. Especially on PowerBooks and iBooks, it's far too easy to hit the delete key on accident and delete a message. In addition, sometimes I forget to "edit" a message, and hitting the delete key deletes the message instead of a character. Unfortunately, "undo" doesn't work consistently. Plus command-delete has become a standard way to delete a file in the OS, so it's easy for people to remember and there is a mechanical habit associated with the action.
One other place where it would make things better is in digests that are split in the attachments window, or attachments -- I often want to delete, but hitting the delete key brings up the window "Are you sure you want to delete this attachment?" I have to tab to the body before the delete key works. If command-delete was the procedure for deleting the entire message, and delete was for deleting attachments, things would be much less confusing and more ration, again IMHO. The "turn confirmation on" solution isn't really a solution IMHO -- if I'm sure I want to delete, I don't want the dialog to confirm every single time I delete something, just in case I accidentally hit delete once. And the "just go into deleted mail and find it" solution doesn't work either if you get a few hundred messages a day :) If it can't be made a default, I think that making it an option would be great -- in fact, probably the best of both worlds <grin> Steven Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Given a choice between consistency between the Finder vs. consistency >with all other applications and convenience, I will happily pick the >second option. So in how many of your other applications does the delete key delete documents? ;) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
