On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:46:25 -0500, Paula Ford wrote:
> 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?
At present TB! doesn't take you back to a message that you
already read perse. It takes you back to where you last were. If it
does otherwise, it will be assuming that you wish to go elsewhere.
Putting you where you were before you left the folder is logical.
Everything is as you left it. The cursor is where you left it. The
message highlighted is as you left it. I fail to see the assumption
made in that. :))
> 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.
I don't think that it's a good thing to hardwire into TB! as
it were, behaviour based on an assumption since the majority of users
do operate on the particular assumption. When assumptions are being
dealt with in an automated fashion, it absolutely *must* be made
optional and not be the default.
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CU, Allie ...
Using The Bat! v1.39 *:* Windows NT4.0 (Service Pack 6)
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