On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 16:18 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > So how would you get Reply to Author if it _is_ a list message? > > > > Message->Reply To Author > > That's a *really* bad idea. The standard reply button and Ctrl-R should > give a *private* reply. Changing that to suddenly send *public* replies > is asking for trouble.
I'm afraid I agree with David (assuming I understand the proposal correctly). Having standard key sequences and buttons change meaning based on whether the message being replied to is a list or not seems like bad design to me. I would definitely swear at such software daily. Even moreso if, as David mentions, you change from a normally private reply type to a public reply type. I would be OK with having a separate button that was "reply to list" that would be greyed out when the current message was not a list message, or something. I'm afraid I don't agree with the militant publicists here: there are definitely not-rare times when I want to reply to a person privately, even from a public mailing list. I don't agree that just because a correspondence starts publicly, it's required that all aspects of that correspondence remain public at all times. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
