> But what if it were a one-time thing? I don't see what's wrong with when the
> *first* invitation comes in, a pop-up comes up that says "You have received
> an invitation" with a "show message" button where the user could immediately
> decide on the message, as well as pull up the preference to set it
> permanently. The dialog could have a "don't show again" check box so it's
> something that only needs to be handled once. No surprises.

That's exactly the best solution.
 
> I get a lot of mailing list mail, but my work-related stuff is mostly from
> Windows users who would not be sending me these notifications. I don't want
> any notifications from any of the mailing lists that I'm on. Yes, I turned
> off the preference after the first message. No big deal. But at the same
> time, I do see the point of those who are against this being a default. I'm
> not against the feature, I only believe the user should opt to turn it *on*,
> not find out the hard way that they have to opt to turn it off.

Yep.
 
> If it's easy enough for someone to turn the preference off, it's just as
> easy to turn it on. And that's the last I have to say about that.

Seems that some people don't understand that.

Harry


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