On Sunday, February 13, 2000, Januk Aggarwal wrote:
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> Right. I alluded to this point in my message, although maybe you
> missed it. A keystroke that takes you to the next unread message
> across folders/accounts is a different debate than the one we're
> having. With that option, TB does what you tell it to do. But if
> you say that TB should open a folder at the next unread message, then
> I disagree because you are not *explicitly* telling TB to do that.
> All you are telling TB is to open the folder, beyond that it should
> not make any assumptions. Therefore the logical action is to open
> the message that was last open in that folder. Clear?
I don't see that this issue is about what is "logical" as much as simply
varying user preferences. What is "logical" in a _e-mail_ program about
assuming that the user wants to return to a message already read? What
assumptions are made by the developers in making this choice, if it even
was a choice? TB's here defaults to behavior that I think is counter to
what most users would prefer in a mailer. It seems more "logical" to me
to assume that once a user has read a message, they'd prefer much more
often than not to go to the next unread message. In the end, this is
what the developer of a general-purpose program, like a mailer, has to
base decisions on - what is "logical" for _most_ of their hoped-for
users.
--
Paula Ford
The Bat! 1.38e (reg)
Windows 95 4.0 Build 950
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