On Sa, 2005-09-17 at 21:51 +0300, Kalle Vahlman wrote: > 2005/9/16, Matthew Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hynek was using Evolution, a mail client that -- like most mail clients > > -- puts the Subject field above the message body in the composition > > window. As long as mail clients do that, and as long as humans go > > through forms top-to-bottom, it won't be surprising that they usually > > don't use the Subject line to summarize a message that they haven't > > even written yet. As a result, e-mail recipients worldwide will keep > > suffering Subject lines of the form "Re: something" and "(no subject)". > > I wonder if the situation would be better or worse if the subject > field were at the bottom, as the usual thought after completing a > message is not "hmm, how would I summarize this message" but rather > "it's done, where's the send button".
Maybe what he meant is that the subject line should be at the top of the message header rather than below the sender/recipients. Which IMO makes sense, because pretty much every article states the author below the title. Unlike mail clients. A more article-like header could make the title more recognizable and even more pretty, IMO. A small mockup: http://debain.org/stuff/mail_header.png The same in the mail editor; IMO, moving the subject line to the top would be nice. -Samuel _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
