Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 4:56:38 PM, Kevin wrote:
> No hoops to jump through if options have to be turned on to use them.
The people who needs those options wouldn't know to turn them on. 3+
years of tech support at an ISP has taught me that.
> You may rather lose the files, but there are lots of paranoid people
> out there that wouldn't. Their jobs may depend on it. Besides that's
> what the "Yes to All" buttons are for. :-)
My job did and still does depend upon it. I play with production machines
in a 24/7 environment.
> If you only forgot one subject, then you'd only have gotten one
> confirmation message.
No, you obviously didn't read the earlier messages. What about when I
send blank messages to my friends and relatives *BY CHOICE*?
>> Mistakes happen, deal with it, don't dumb it down to where it causes extra
>> work.
> No extra work at all if all options have to be "turned on" to be used.
Counter intuitive to have the "safety" default to off.
> It's an extreme case in that they overdo the confirmations. I'm not
> asking for anything like that. Just a simple option that lets me know
> if I didn't add a subject, that wouldn't affect you if you didn't turn
> the option on.
You really don't get it, do you?
*You* want a confirmation for messages without subjects.
Ali over there (just an example, Ali) wants confirmations before emptying
the trash.
Billy-Bo-Bob Brain wants confirmations before closing any window.
Big Bird wants a confirmation before moving folders.
Mr. Snuffiluffpolous wants confirmations before moving any message.
All of you say, "Well, just a simple option that lets me know..." and what
do you have? 5 "simple" options so far. Need I continue the example to show
you the end result or shall I assume you're intelligent enough to take it from
here?
> I don't want checks on any of the things you listed either, but if
> they were options that I had to turn ON if I wanted them I wouldn't
> have a problem with it. No extra work unless you WANT the option. But
> the flexibility would be there if I needed it.
Then you have people complaining that the need to turn on all those
options. I believe I addressed that in the last message.
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