ON Monday, January 07, 2002, 10:18:14 AM, you wrote: David> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- David> Hash: SHA1
David> Hello Gerard, David> On 7 Jan 2002 at 09:11:01 +0100, Gerard de Vries [GDV] wrote David> concerning 'Reply using a selected part of the message': David> ... GdV>> I feel that if you mark a piece of text and press reply you are GdV>> telling the software you just want the blocked area in the reply. GdV>> Therefore there is no need at all to press special buttons to get GdV>> just a piece of the text. David> I don't think I understand what you're saying here. This is how I David> normally reply to a message; first I highlight the text I want to David> reply to (with the mouse) and then I press my middle-mouse button. I David> don't know what's wrong with that, but I think a it's very quick way David> to just quote the relevant parts of a message. David, There are no right's and wrongs here. It depends on the way you work. The point I was trying to make is that if you have text marked an press reply, it looks like you want to reply using only the marked text and I feel the software should be smart enough to to recognise that. Now you have to do the thinking and press a separate button, in your case the middle mouse button or shift-F4. I have been reading about people's frustration with software this weekend and agree that to little thought goes into make software do what it is made to do intuitively. You can't keep adding features and assigning keyboard short-cuts or even menu items to them and expect people to use them. On the other hand we all remember the paper clip from word and the statue that was erected for the person who discovered who to disable it. The most notable points made were: - The software should concentrate on its main function and "hide" all extra's. Compare this to a VCR. Main function is record and play not edit. - Extra functions should be off by default. When the user regonises he/she needs them they can be switch on and not be in the way all the time before they are needed. - Look what the user want to do and help him doing it. -- Best regards, Gerard Insert Cookie Here--> Eschew obfuscation. Windows 2000 Professional with TB Version 1.53t -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
