>> Except that a subject is something that you almost never want to
>> leave blank and a default subject is no better than no subject. If
>> you never forget to enter a subject then you never see the 'idiot
>> light' that us idiots seem to need. :-)
> Operative term is almost. Quick notes to my relatives, however, I rarely
> put subjects on. Software isn't there to prevent the user from making
> mistakes.
Huh? Software is definitely there to keep us from making mistakes.
While you certainly don't want to go to the extreme where it makes the
user unproductive, any software developer wouldn't last long if they
didn't include some code to help the user avoid mistakes.
> Assumptions like that only decrease software's usability, not
> increases it. I'd rather make the mistakes than have to confirm
> everything.
> Look at it another way, deleting files in Windows is impossible now
> without having at least one and possibly up to 3 different confirmation boxes.
> I find that inexcusable.
I agree with you here, but you are stating an extreme case, where they
went to the point of making things unproductive IMO. Software should
be flexible and provide options.
Thanks,
Kevin
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