Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: The TO and CC fields
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Thu Feb 15 12:34:38 2007

I sort of agree with you Ric, but I'd say 90% of my replies are directly
back to the LUG. In the past I just hit reply and everything was hunky dory.

 Now I have to either hit reply all and then remember to remove the original
sender's email address to prevent them getting two copies of the email. Or I
I have to hit reply, remove the original sender's email address and then
replace it with the LUG email address.

As I say above for _me_ it's become more complicated. For others it may be
simpler.

Steve



On 15/2/07 20:25, "Ric Carter" <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Wade--
> 
> The "panic" is from simply inverting the habit people have.
> 
> We took a button and made it do the opposite of what it has done for
> ages.
> 
> The reaction is completely natural. Does Adobe get any whining when
> they move a command form one menu to another or bury it deeper in the
> hierarchy? (I'm thinking now specifically of feather selection right
> now;^))
> 
> If left to the current state, the habit will eventually invert and
> going back will cause nearly as much gnashing of teeth.
> 
> That said, the simplest choice of action should be for the one people
> use the most often.
> 
> If most people want to converse in the community rather than in
> private, reply should go to the list.
> 
> If most people want to converse in private, reply should go to the
> originator.
> 
> I prefer public discussion because it gets me the maximum traffic in
> ideas and experience.
> 
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
> 
> PS-- I had to move one address and delete three others to avoid
> sending duplicate copies to mailboxes.



Replies: Reply from wmrav at triad.rr.com (William Ravenel) ([Leica] Re: The TO and CC fields)
In reply to: Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Re: The TO and CC fields)